303268 (v.3) CAS - Mental Health of Indigenous People 212

Area:

Centre for Aboriginal Studies

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

30.0

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Seminar:

1 x 30 Hours Quarterly

Prerequisite(s):

303228 (v.4) CAS - Indigenous Community Practice 112 or any previous version
AND
303242 (v.4) CAS - Indigenous Community Practice 121 or any previous version

Co Requisite(s):

303273 (v.2) CAS - Community Resources and Change 213

Syllabus:

Concept of mental health - holistic health revisited, linkages of all health aspects to mental health. Self-mental health - rationale to monitor and strategies to maintain or promote mental health. Contributors to mental health - childhood theories, role modeling and peer pressure and environment. Maintenance of mental health - social interaction, work and leisure activities. Mental health assessment - skills to determine the health status of family members. Role of mental health worker - duty of care, accountability, ethics and law in a primary health care context. Strategies to assist families to take responsibility for their own health.

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Field of Education:

090300 Studies in Human Society (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Pass/Fail

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	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