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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

NURS5022 (v.1) Behavioural Perspectives of Mental Health

Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 4 x 2 Hours Semester
Online Class: 8 x 3 Hours Semester
Workshop: 1 x 40 Hours Semester
Seminar: 4 x 3 Hours Semester
Equivalent(s): 311301 (v.1) Behavioural Perspectives of Mental Health 563 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s): 311298 (v.1) Behavioural Responses to Illness 562 or any previous version
OR
313039 (v.3) Behavioural Health Science for Nursing and Paramedicine 365 or any previous version
OR
NURS5020 (v.1) Behavioural Responses to Illness or any previous version
OR
NURS3001 (v.1) Behavioural Responses to Acute Illness or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: This unit will explore behavioural health science perspective of mental illness. Critical appraisal of mainstream diagnostic classification of major mental illnesses. Global context of mental illness. Psychosocial interventions to assist people living with major mental health/illness issues. Students will explore the partnership-in-care framework in the formulation of assessment, treatment and management models, and application to nursing practice. Accountability and social justice issues will also be explored.
Field of Education: 060300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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