Online Courses Handbook 2003

303286 (v.2) CAS - Mental Health Issues 223

Area:	Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Seminar:	1 x 30 Hours Quarterly
Prerequisite(s):	303268 (v.1) CAS - Mental Health of Indigenous People 212
Stressors - past and present conditions of deprivation, discrimmination, dispossession and injustice. Child rearing practices - parenting, child growth and development. Mental health issues - alcoholism, drug addiction, domestic violence, victims of abuse and suicide, clinical picture and causative factors, care and prevention. Statistical picture - Australian Bureau of Statistics on selected mental health issues. Agencies for mental health issues. Purpose, staff management and financial management.