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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.

311301 (v.1) Behavioural Perspectives of Mental Health 563

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: 1 x 2 Hours Once-only
Other: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Seminar: 3 x 4 Hours Once-only
Prerequisite(s): 313034 (v.1) Applied Bioscience 264 or any previous version
OR
311297 (v.1) Nursing Bioscience 562 or any previous version
OR
300724 (v.3) Nursing and Midwifery Bioscience 243 or any previous version
Syllabus: Identification and prevention of major mental illnesses. Classification according to the DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV = 4th version) and the ICD (International Classification of Diseases International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems). Global context of mental illness. Partnership in care framework in the formulation of assessment, treatment and management models and application to nursing and midwifery practice. Stress vulnerability model and development of mental illness. Interventions to assist people living with major mental health /illness issues.
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: 060300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2012 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