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HUMA236 Psychiatric Disability Issues

10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation Each semester is twelve weeks in length and is taught by distance education.

This unit introduces students to the concepts of mental health and illness as they affect both the client and the carer. It examines chronic mental illness as a cause of ongoing psychiatric disability that reduces a person's ability to function meaningfully. Students will gain an understanding of the main types of psychiatric disability and the lifestyle implication of these disabilities both on the person and the support network. The manner in which legislation impacts upon people with psychiatric disability will also be explored. Students will examine historical perspectives of support services for people with psychiatric disability through to current styles of support services including accommodation options, medical treatment and support, allied health support and current community responses.

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