Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Nursing and Advanced Practice
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
6002HS-SEP-CTY
Aims
After completing this module, students will be able to develop a critical understanding the core concepts, issues, theory and research in the social care of people recovering from mental ill-health
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically analyse the key theoretical models that inform
our understanding of mental health
2.
Critically evaluate services, contemporary and historical, available to people who
experience mental distress
3.
Critically evaluate the legal and social policy context of mental
health service provision
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Mental health history; medical models of mental distress; social models of mental distress, including, issues of gender, race, class and poverty; recovery model; statutory mental health services; third sector mental health services; service user and carer perspectives; mental health law and social policy; ethical dilemmas in mental health practice; the correlation between social inequalities and social exclusion and mental health.
Module Overview:
This module focuses on the current service frameworks for mental health provision, mental health policy and practice and the impact on the mental health and wellbeing of service users.
This module focuses on the current service frameworks for mental health provision, mental health policy and practice and the impact on the mental health and wellbeing of service users.
Additional Information:This module focuses on the current service frameworks for mental health provision, mental health policy and practice; and the impact on the mental health and wellbeing of service users