311086 (v.1) OT 641 Neuropsychiatry II

Area:	Department of Occupational Therapy
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
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Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	311102 (v.1) Graduate Certificate in Occupational Therapy or any previous version OR 311137 (v.1) Master of Occupational Therapy or any previous version
Syllabus:	Neuropsychiatric processes in childhood, adolescence, adulthood and older age. Focus is on personality disorders, somatoform disorders, eating disorders, substance use disorders, dementias, developmental delay and comorbidity of mental disorders. Aetiology, trajectory, clinical features, impact on function, of psychiatric disorders. Multidisciplinary biological and psychosocial interventions. Occupational therapy process and clinical reasoning in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Application ofoccupational theory in relation to the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Service delivery models, augmentative psychological models. Client-centred and carer centred practice. Application of occupational therapy process in the context of clinical experience with mental health consumers.
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Field of Education:	060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

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Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

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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