CQUniversity Unit Profile.

Assessment 1: The stigma associated with Mental Illness has often been called a barrier to treatment. Assessment one is asking you to examine ideas in terms of the history of the stigma of Mental Illness. How it does present as a barrier to care? How is this being overcome from an Australian perspective? Is the work around stigma reduction effective?

The Task:

Using up to date literature (a minimum of 10 individual citations) and no more than 1500 words respond to the above questions.

In your response some things to consider may be:

• History and prevalence of mental health in the general population
• The number of hospital admissions each year for mental health issues and how this differs from past treatments of Mental Illness
• Public awareness campaigns.

Other areas to also consider include:

• Current and past suicide rates
• Response to care
• The impact that the Recovery Approach has had on treatment.

This is not an exhaustive list but a few ideas to get you started.

Unit Learning Outcomes Assessed:

This assessment relates to the following Unit Learning Outcomes;

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

1. Explore the different presentations in people experiencing mental health challenges.

4. Use professional, legal and ethical frameworks to investigate a range of culturally appropriate interventions and management strategies for people experiencing different forms of mental health challenges.  5.Examine mental health and mental health promotion as a component of overall health and well-being as it applies to consumers, carers, families and communities inclusive of health care professionals at a local, national and international level.
Word Limit: The word limit for this assessment is 1500 words = or – 10% inclusive of in-text referencing, excluding reference list. A minimum of 10 references (from peer-reviewed and grey sources) are necessary to demonstrate broad consideration of the topic.

Assessment 2: Overview

You will develop an ePortfolio to showcase your understanding of each module’s content.

A series of five tasks are included in each of your weekly learnings that together make up this assessment. Each task will specify a word limit and will be required to be correctly referenced using APA referencing.

Unit Learning Outcomes Assessed:

This assessment relates to the following Unit Learning Outcomes;

1. Explore the different presentations in people experiencing mental health challenges.
2. Appraise the use of self in the development and maintenance of therapeutic relationships with consumers and their families.
3. Analyse the integral nature of consumer perspectives and input into mental health care.
4. Use professional, legal and ethical frameworks to investigate a range of culturally appropriate interventions and management strategies for people experiencing different forms of mental health challenges.
5. Examine mental health and mental health promotion as a component of overall health and well-being as it applies to consumers, carers, families and communities inclusive of health care professionals at a local, national and international level.

Task 1: Assessment

Utilising the guidelines presented in the assessment prompts document, and from watching episode 2 of the Jonathon videos, you are to formulate a mental state examination:

Word limit: This task in total should not to exceed 600.

As this is an example of an everyday clinical task it can be completed in dot points, there will be no references required most of all it should be concise and to the point

Mental State Examination

• Appearance:
• Behaviour:
• Cognition:
• Speech:
• Thought:
• Affect:
• Mood:
• Perception:

Task 2: Mental Health V Mental Illness

Using up to date peer-reviewed literature, define what is meant by the term Mental Health and Mental Illness. Once you have defined the terms you are then to highlight some differences and similarities between the terms

Word limit: 500 words

Citations required: a minimum of 4 up to date peer reviewed citations are required.

Task 3: Glossary

Jargon is an element in all professional communication including mental health. The problem is that it can act as a barrier to effective interpersonal communication and is therefore not person-centred. With this in mind, define the following common Mental Health terms using everyday language:

a. Perception:

b. Consumer:

c. Recovery:

Word Limit- no more than 150 words per definition

Task 4: Therapeutic Interventions

It has been suggested to Jonathon and Jayne that either Cognitive Behavioural therapy (CBT) or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) would be beneficial as a form of treatment for Jonathon. They approach you to discuss these forms of psychotherapy. Choose one and in 500 words outline the information you would give them.

Remembering that your response must be written in such a way that it is easily understood by your client and his wife at this time.

Some things to include might be:

• History
• Long term response
• Side effects, if any
• and any further information you deem may be required to help them understand the form of therapy.

You must reference your work, with a minimum of 3 up to date references.

Task 5: Reflection

A professional nurse is self-aware and remains non-judgemental. With this in mind your final task is to honestly reflect on one element of your learning experience in NURS12157: Concepts of mental health nursing, across this term.

An element may be one of the following:

· Therapeutic use of self in the development of relationships with consumers and their families

· The importance of inclusion of consumer perspectives in the provision of mental health care

· The importance of using an ethico-legal framework for assessment, intervention and evaluation of mental health care and culturally appropriate mental health care management.

In your response, consider the following;

· Changes in your attitudes, beliefs and values across the term.

· What do you think contributed to any changes? If there are no changes, why do you think this is so?

· How does this influence your “take home message” from this unit?

Word limit: 500 words