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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

311086 (v.2) Neuropsychiatry 641

Area: Department of Occupational Therapy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
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: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 311077 (v.1) OT 542 Neuropsychiatry I
OR
311077 (v.2) Neuropsychiatry 542
Syllabus: Neuropsychiatric processes in childhood, adolescence, adulthood and older age. Focus is on personality disorders, somatoform disorders, eating disorders, substance use disorders, dementias, developmental delay and comorbidity of mental disorders. Aetiology, trajectory, clinical features, impact on function, of psychiatric disorders. Multidisciplinary biological and psychosocial interventions. Occupational therapy process and clinical reasoning in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Application of occupational theory in relation to the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Service delivery models, augmentative psychological models. Client-centred and carer centred practice. Application of occupational therapy process in the context of clinical experience with mental health consumers.
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.
Field of Education: 060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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