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
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| 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. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | |
Current as of: August 29, 2003 15:52:10
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