Advancing Mental Health Across the Health Care Spectrum (Advanced Level)

Program Overview

Module - Advancing Mental Health Across the Health Care Spectrum (Advanced Level)

Overview

The aim of this module is to develop further understanding of the nature and impact of mental illness across the healthcare spectrum.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Critically discuss theories of mental health across the lifespan and contemporary approaches to supporting individuals in crisis.
• Critically review the management and organisational issues related to provision of services related to mental health within a range of work-based settings.
• Model appropriate multi-professional, evidence-based inclusive practice using a critically reflective approach to enable personal and professional development.
• Critically analyse how learning from this module has transformed your understanding of your practice.

What You Will Learn

• Life stages and transitions
• Definitions of mental health
• Common and serious mental health problems across the age continuum
• Anxiety states
• Depression
• Alcohol/drug abuse
• Bereavement
• Suicide
• Gender and ethnicity
• Assessment skills
• Risk assessment
• Approaches to care
• Privacy and dignity
• Service user/carer involvement
• Mental health policy and guidance
• Multi-disciplinary support and process of referral

Teaching and Assessment

How You Will Learn

Formative assessment provides an opportunity for you to receive feedback on work as part of your learning for the module. Formative work does not have marks awarded that contribute to the final module mark.

The formative assessment is four exercises exploring the following:

• Contemporary interventions in mental health practice
• Management and organisational approaches to mental health
• Co-production strategies in service development for mental health
• Experience-based design for mental health and professional development

How You Will Be Assessed

The summative assessment is a written assignment of 3,500 words, which provides the opportunity for you to demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes for the module.

Entry Requirements

Evidence of prior successful study at the underpinning level.

Prior to studying this module, you must normally have studied the pre-requisite module at level 6, Advancing Mental Health across the Health Care Spectrum (intermediate Level), or equivalent.

Fees and Funding

Tuition Fees Policy

Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.

Key Details

Tuition Fees

20 Credit Health Module Pricing

Minimum Entry Requirements

Evidence of prior successful study at the underpinning level.

• Credits: 20
• Recruiting to: UK / RoI / Settled in UK
• Course Location: Online
• Institute: Institute of Health
• Delivery Style: Online
• Course Duration: Part-time, 12 weeks, Single Module
• Course Start Point: April
• Award: Module