Area: |
Centre for Aboriginal Studies |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
30.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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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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Syllabus: |
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. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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Field of Education: |
90300 Studies in Human Society (Narrow Grouping) |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Not Online |
Result Type: |
Pass/Fail |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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