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Module Specifications
Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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This module aims to develop the student's knowledge and skills of caring for people with intellectual disabilities and mental health issues. The student will participate in discussing both the international and national perspective of assessing, caring and devising new innovative ways of dealing with having two disabilities. Working with a multidisciplinary teams in all settings will be explored. Classifying and desribing the major mental health issues within society and how people with intellectual disabilities are coping will be discussed. The students will be expected to participate in reviewing case studies, attend seminars and tutorials and interact with the team of lectures delivering the module. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1. Demonstrate the ability to express opinions on the classifications and legal aspects of intellectual disabilities and mental health 2. Debate the services available for this group in Ireland and Internationally 3. Summarise the need for assessment tools for planning the care for all age groups and levels of ability of people with intellectual disability with mental health issues 4. Evaluate the type and range of therapeutic interventions used in the practice settings 5. Analyse approaches used to promote the mental wellbeing of a person with an intellectual disability | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Syllabus. •The DSM IV and ICD 10 classification schemata.. •Legislation and mental health in Ireland.. •Adaptive and maladaptive behavioural, affective, and cognitive coping responses.. •Mental health difficulties associated with different stages of the lifespan.. •Behavioural and cognitive behavioural approaches to addressing mental health difficulties and promoting mental wellbeing.. •Pharmacological approaches to mental health difficulties.. •Forensic psychiatry and intellectual disability.. •Current trends in mental health research in intellectual disability. •Nursing an individual with intellectual disability who has a mental health need – the scope of practice.. •Lifelong family caring for an individual with intellectual disability who has a mental health need.. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 379, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disord, American Psychiatric Association, 2003, Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders DSM IV TR, Washington DC, APA, 380, http://apps.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10, World Health Organisation, 1992, The ICD 10 classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders Clinical Description and Diagnosis Guidelinew, Geneva, WHO, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BNID | BSc in Nursing (Intellectual Disability) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Timetable this semester: Timetable for NS315 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Last Revision | 10-MAR-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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