| CODE | MNH2004 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Community Mental Health Nursing Care | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mental Health | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit explores the area of community mental health care with special focus on the role of the community psychiatric nurse. The initial lectures address the introduction to the concept of community mental health care and the deinstitutionalisation move. The national health sector is then presented and advances in community mental health care in Malta against a backdrop on the international movement, is discussed. The study-unit places psychiatric nursing in context with both multidisciplinary care planning , the psychiatric recovery model and other emerging concepts that shape this area of care. Topics include: Roles, functions and responsibilities of community psychiatric nurses (CPN); Clinical activities associated with CPN interventions, The meaning of community, Social inclusion and exclusion, Models of care associated with community mental health provision, Care Planning, Relationships within the MDT and between patients and carers within a community setting, Stigma for those with a mental health problem, The process of recovery (1&2), Patient inclusion and exclusion criteria, Developments within the Maltese mental Health Services and the impacts on community facilities, Community Outreach the Maltese model, The role of the NGOs in supporting patients with mental health problems in the community, Optimizing community mental health as part of whole systems mental health care, Using research evidence to influence change, Social and empowering models in mental health disability services. Patient advocacy and the social disability model are intertwined within the different topics covered within this unit. Study-Unit Aims: The unit will provide the theoretical component of the community psychiatric element of the course and address the clinical roles and responsibilities of nurses within a psychiatric outreach team, community mental health clinics, primary care level, liason services and child and adolescent community services. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss the rationale behind the move towards community mental health care; - Link the process of deinstitutionalisation and survivor movement to community care; - Identify the nursing activities associated with community psychiatric nursing; - Identify the roles of the Multi-disciplinary psychiatric outreach team; - Describe the psychopharmacological and therapeutic interventions within community psychiatric care; - Link the recovery model of care to the work of the psychiatric outreach team; Identify the interactions between statutory MH provision and that of the mental health NGOs; - Identify the various elements of the statutory community mental health services in Malta. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Apply the main features of patient advocacy to case scenarios; - Use published research to influence care options for patients receiving care from a community psychiatric nurse; - Apply theories of rejection and social exclusion to the role of a psychiatric community nurse. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Essential: - Burns, T., & Firn, M. (2003). Assertive outreach in mental health, University Press. - Caplan, G. (2013). An Approach to Community Mental Health. Taylor and Francis. Optional: - Ryan, P & Morgan, S 2004 Assertive Outreach: A strengths approach to policy and practice. Churchill Livingstone. Edinburgh. - Repper, J & Perkins, R 2003 Social Inclusion and Recovery: a model for mental health practice. Bailliere Tindall. London. - Tyrer, P., & Creed, F. (2010). Community Psychiatry in Action. Cambridge University Press. - Yeager, K. (2013). Modern Community Mental Health: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Oxford University Press, USA. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Pierre Galea Paulann Grech |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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