303286 (v.3) CAS - Mental Health Issues 223


Area: Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 30.0
 
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Seminar: 1 x 30 Hours Quarterly
Prerequisite(s): 303268 (v.1) CAS - Mental Health of Indigenous People 212
 
Syllabus: Stressors - past and present conditions of deprivation, discrimination, dispossession and injustice. Child rearing practices - parenting, child growth and development. Mental health issues - alcoholism, drug addiction, domestic violence, victims of abuseand suicide, clinical picture and causative factors, care and prevention. Statistical picture - Australian Bureau of Statistics on selected mental health issues. Agencies for mental health issues. Purpose, staff management and financial management.
 
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Field of Education: 90300 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
2005 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