Online Courses Handbook 2003

303279 (v.2) CAS - Common Mental Disorders 215

Area:	Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Seminar:	1 x 30 Hours Quarterly
Prerequisite(s):	303268 (v.2) CAS - Mental Health of Indigenous People 212 or any previous version
Health-Illness continuum - Cultural differences in relation to how mental health is understood, indigenous perception and explanation of mental disorder. Mental disorders of indigenous people - Current prevalence of mental illness through psychiatric surveys, reports and health service records. Common mental disorders - schizophrenia, affective, anxiety and personality disorders, organic brain syndromes and sexual disorders, the causes, clinical picture of their disorders, treatment and care of people intheir home. State Mental Health Act - analysis and relationship to care and protection of mentally ill clients of all age groups.