| CODE | SWB5003 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Recovery and Rehabilitation in the Context of Community Care for Individuals with Complex Mental Health Needs | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty for Social Wellbeing | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The purpose of specialist rehabilitation services is to deliver effective rehabilitation and recovery to those individuals whose needs cannot be met by less intensive services. The focus of this study-unit is on the different types of treatment and care approaches that may be offered to individuals experiencing severe and complex mental health problems. Such individuals who are disabled and often distressed, are often, or would otherwise be high users of in-patient services. Rehabilitation services in the context of community care aim at supporting individuals as they gain or regain confidence and skills in carrying out daily activities in order to attain a satisfactory quality of life. In this unit, different aspects and approaches that target rehabilitation and recovery shall be explored culminating in an evaluation of promising and innovative contemporary practices. Cultural sensitivity and the needs of special groups shall also feature in the critical discussions that students will be encouraged to engage in. Maintaining recovery expectations over long periods of time can be stressful for staff and service users alike. In this view, guidance on caring for the self and for colleagues shall be shared within this unit in order to limit the possibility and extent of burn out as well as to promote therapeutic optimism. Topics included are: Evidence based models - Case management, Assertive Outreach, Early Intervention in Psychosis etc Recovery Different Family approaches including Behavioral Family Management and Skill development Vocational rehabilitation Promising and innovative practices Cultural Sensitivity and Special groups: eg Immigrants, Self care and Caring for colleagues Study-unit Aims: - To facilitate the understanding of different approaches and models that feature in psychosocial rehabilitation and community care; - To enhance awareness of recovery principles and person-centered care. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Critically evaluate contemporary values, philosophies, and multicultural and indigenous perspectives with regards to psychosocial rehabilitation; - Appraise the benefits and challenges of different treatment and care approaches that may feature in community care and rehabilitation; - Illustrate the relationship and connectedness between recovery-oriented care and rehabilitation in service provision through the provision of class-based examples; - Critically engage with the concept of resilience in community and rehabilitative mental health care. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify and discuss the concept of psychosocial rehabilitation; - Distinguish between the main approaches and models used in the provision of community care and rehabilitation; - Discuss the principles of cultural sensitivity in care provision; - Demonstrate knowledge of how to base care on a recovery-oriented framework; - Discuss ways of caring for oneself and for colleagues in a professional setting. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Essential texts Birchwood, M.J., Fowler, D., Jackson.D. (2001). Early Intervention in Psychosis: A guide to Concepts, Evidence and Interventions. Chicester,UK: Wiley. Culpitt, C. (2018). CBT for Psychosis Process-orientated Therapies and the Third Wave . UK: Routledge. Froggatt, D., Fadden, G., Johnson, D.L., Leggatt, M. & Shankar, R. (2007). Families as Partners in Mental Health Care: A Guidebook for Implementing Family Work. Toronto: World Fellowship for Schizophrenia. Rapp, C.A., Goscha, R. A. (2006). The Strengths Model : Case Management with People with Psychiatric Disabilities. New York: Oxford University Press. Silver, A-L. & Cantor, M. (1990). Psychoanalysis and Severe Mental Illness. NY: The Guilford Press. Williams, S. (2014). Recovering from Psychosis: Empirical Evidence and Lived Experience. UK: Routledge. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Marie Noelle Lanzon Yaser Teebi Chantal Avellino Stephanie Bartolo Claire Busuttil Julian Caruana Pierre Galea Anna Grech (Co-ord.) Emma Micallef Alexia Rossi Kristian Sant Edith Sciberras Stefan Sciberras Fondacaro Daniel Vella Kristina Vella |
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