Module Details
| Module Code: |
SOCI7010 |
| Title: |
Mental Health & Dual Diagnosis
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Long Title:
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Mental Health & Dual Diagnosis
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| NFQ Level: |
Intermediate |
| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2023/24 ( September 2023 ) |
| Field of Study: |
3120 - Sociology
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| Module Description: |
This module will help students gain an insight and understanding of the social, biological, and psychological approaches to mental illnesses that are needed for the social care worker to competently deliver services, advocate on behalf of those who are diagnosed with mental health issues and encourage emotional well-being.
This module maps to the CORU Standards of Proficiency below:
Domain 1: Professional Autonomy and Accountability
Domain 2: Communication, Collaborative Practice and, Teamworking
Domain 3: Safety & Quality
Domain 4: Professional Development
Domain 5: Professional Knowledge and Skills
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| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
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Learning Outcome Description |
| LO1 |
Define the applications of the social model to mental illness. Domains (1.23; 2.9; 5.1; 5.2; 5.4; 5.6; 5.11; 5.14) |
| LO2 |
Assess the significance and capacity of campaigning and advocacy groups to develop positive mental health strategies.
Domains (2.3; 5.2; 5.15) |
| LO3 |
Understand the consequences of community and care practice for indicating the appropriate social service practice for service users.
Domains (1.1; 1.2; 1.3;1.5; 1.6; 1.8; 1.9; 1.17; 1.19; 1.23; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.9; 2.12; 2.13; 2.14; 2.15; 2.16; 2.17; 3.1; 3.2; 3.5; 3.6; 3.7; 3.9; 3.10; 3.11; 3.13; 3.14; 3.15; 4.4; 5.2; 5.3; 5.5; 5.6; 5.8; 5.12; 5.14; 5.16) |
| LO4 |
Assess the strengths and weaknesses associated with current models of Mental Health practice.
Domains (1.6; 1.23; 2.3; 2.9; 3.4; 3.8; 5.1; 5.4; 5.10; 5.19). |
| Dependencies |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
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| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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| No requirements listed |
| Indicative Content |
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The Medical model of Mental Health and Illness
The "medical model": strengths and limitations. Positive Aspects. Making "mental illness" just like "any other illness", cures and treatments. Negative aspects. Labeling a person as "mentally ill" is a stigma. Labeling people as "ill" implies a passivity and that they must be cured by others and have no active involvement in changing their own behaviour.
Domains (1.3; 1.5; 1.6; 1.9; 1.19; 1.23; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.12; 3.4; 3.9; 3.11; 5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.6; 5.14; 5.15).
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The Social Model of Mental Health and Illness
What is Non-medical Concept of Illness? Anti-psychiatry school, Szasz, Laing, Foucault.
Domains (1.3; 1.5; 1.6; 1.8; 1.9; 1.19; 1.23; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.12; 2.16; 3.4; 3.9; 5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.6; 5.15)
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The Stress-Vulnerability-Coping model of Mental Illness
Factors which increase vulnerability to mental illness. Biological factors. Personal attributes. Environmental/social stress. Factors that protect individuals from developing mental illness. Other factors.
Domains (1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.5; 1.6; 1.8; 1.17; 1.23; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.9; 2.12; 2.13; 2.14; 2.15; 2.17; 3.1; 3.2; 3.4; 3.5; 3.6; 3.7; 3.8; 3.9; 3.10; 3.15; 4.4; 5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.6; 5.8; 5.10; 5.11; 5.12; 5.15; 5.16)
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Mental Health Advocacy
What Is Advocacy? What Do Advocates Do? What Sort of Problems Can Advocates Help With? What Advocates Don't Do. What Are the Different Forms of Advocacy? How to Find an Advocate.
Domains (5.15)
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The Role of the Social Carer
Models of Community Care for severe mental illness. Assertive Community Treatment for People with severe mental illness (ACT). Intensive Case Management (ICM) models. The holistic approach.
Domains (1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.5; 1.6; 1.17; 1.23; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.9; 2.12; 2.13; 2.14; 2.15; 2.17; 3.1; 3.2; 3.4; 3.5; 3.6; 3.7; 3.8; 3.9; 3.10; 3.13; 3.14; 3.15; 4.4; 5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.4; 5.5, 5.6; 5.8; 5.10; 5.11; 5.12; 5.15; 5.19)
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Module Content & Assessment
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Coursework | 100.00% |
| Special Regulation |
| Students are required to achieve a mark of 40 % or greater in each assessment component to pass the module. |
Assessments
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
| Reassessment Requirement |
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.
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The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Mental Health Studies Lecture |
Every Week |
4.00 |
4 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Study |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
4.00 |
| Workload: Part Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Mental Health Studies Lecture |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Study |
Every Week |
4.00 |
4 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
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Module Resources
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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Andrew Scull. (2015), Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine, Princeton University Press, USA, [ISBN: 0691166153].
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American Psychiatric Association. (2013), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (DSM-5), 5th. American Psychiatric Publishing, USA, [ISBN: 0890425558].
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Naakesh A. Dewan, John S. Luo, Nancy M. Lorenzi. (2015), Mental Health Practice in a Digital World: A Clinicians Guide, Springer, UK, [ISBN: 3319141082].
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Ian Marsh, Mike Keating, Samantha Punch, Jeni Harden. (2009), Sociology: Making Sense of Society, 4th. Pearson Longman, UK, [ISBN: 1405873574].
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[edited by] Pádraig Wright, Julian Stern, Michael Phelan. (2004), Core psychiatry, Elsevier Health Sciences, UK, [ISBN: 0702027189].
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Suzanne Quin. (2006), Mental Health and Social Policy in Ireland, Univ College Dublin Press, Dublin.
| | Recommended Article/Paper Resources |
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Donald M. Steinwachs, Ph.D., Debra L.
Roter, Dr. P.H., Elizabeth A. Skinner,
M.S.W., Anthony F. Lehman, M.D.,
M.S.P.H., Maureen Fahey, M.L.A.,
Bernadette Cullen, M.B.B.CH., Anita
Smith Everett, M.D., Gerard Gallucci,
M.D., M.H.S.. (2015), A Web-Based Program to Empower Patients
Who Have Schizophrenia to Discuss
Quality of Care With Mental Health
Providers, Psychiatric Services, [ISSN: 1075-2730],
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CLEARY, A.; DOWLING, M.. (2009), Knowledge and attitudes of mental health
professionals in Ireland to the concept
of recovery in mental health: a
questionnaire survey, Journal of Psychiatric & Mental
Health Nursing, Vol. 16 Issue 6, p.539-545, [ISSN: 13510126].
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Website, Mental Health Ireland,
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