304813 (v.2) Community Contexts and Policy Directions in Mental Health 501

Area:

School of Occupational Therapy

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0

Seminar:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Other Requisite(s):

Substantial completion: Of a diploma or undergraduate degree in a relevant health sciences or social sciences discipline.

Syllabus:

Global prevalence, burden of mental health problems, and associated disability, cultural diversity, communities, at risk groups, mental health policy, legislation, stakeholders, cost-benefit factors, principles of community development, social and mentalhealth indicators, mental health and transcultural research in diverse communities.

Unit Outcomes:

Upon completion of this unit students will be able to - Identify and explain the global burden of mental health problems and social indicators, and the implications in a given context. Critique and analyse the role of global, national and local policy and legislative frameworks and cost-benefit factors within mental health systems in a given context. Investigate and identify current indicators of protective and risk factors in a given cultural and community context. Critique and analyse the role of relevant key stakeholder systems as partners to specific mental health systems. Link policy and research in community mental health work to the facilitation of social and emotional well-being in diverse communities.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Aranda, M. P. and Knight, B. G. (1997). The Influence of Ethnicity and Culture on the Caregiver Stress and Coping Process: A Sociocultural Review and Analysis. The Gerontologist, 37(3): 342-354. Anthony, W. A. (1993). Recovery from Mental Illness: The Guiding Vision of Mental Health Services in the 1990s. Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, 16(4), pp. 11-23. Bachrach, L. (1993). Continuity of Care and Approaches to Case Management for Long-term Mentally Ill Patients. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 44(5), pp. 465-468. Bentelspacher, C. E., Chitran, S., and Abdul Rahman, M. (1994). Coping and Adaptation Patterns among Chinese, Indian and Malay Families Caring for a Mentally Ill Relative. The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, 287-294. Burke, T. and Salvaris, M. (1997). Measuring Civil Society: Citizenship Benchmarks and Indicators. Centre for Urban and Social Research (Deakin University), Benchmarking Citizenship, Citizenship in Australia Series, 1, pp. 65-102.

Unit Texts:

Meadows, G. and Singh, B. (2001). Mental Health in Australia. Oxford, Oxford University Press.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Assignment 1 30%, Assignment 1 30%, Assignment 3 40%. This is a grade/mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y		Y