CYP7023 - Mental Health in Context

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate critical awareness of the key debates, issues and challenges in contemporary mental health including the impact of policy.
Engage critically with the practical, moral and ethical issues that drive mental health in a contemporary context that is dynamic and impacted by issues such as funding, policy and the changing wider landscape of public services.
Evaluate critically the application of various approaches to securing positive mental health outcomes relative to issues linked to inequalities including: race, gender, sexuality, class, parental health, education and geographical location.
Demonstrate high levels of communication skills, using a variety of media to deliver and secure positive mental health outcomes.

Content:

Subject content will systematically work through the key issues in the national context regarding recent government policy development in mental health and will pick up on challenges of collaborative and partnership work in addressing these.

The module in addressing the above will conceptualise mental health; understanding the scale and trends in mental health nationally and internationally and will include examining recent developments in the field including promoting positive mental health.

There will be an international perspective on Mental Health provision in related settings, such as education, developed throughout the module. Key topics such as models of mental health, stigma, language and labelling, prevalence and inequalities will be covered. The need to understand mental health and well-being within a safeguarding context will also be explored.

Learning and Teaching Information:

There will be a mix of lead lectures, visiting speakers and workshop sessions to secure the learning outcomes and integrate with the assessment strategy. These will be supported by students being able to take individual tutorial support as and when it is needed. There will be a focus of active collaborative group work, enquiry-based learning and problem-based learning linked to case study development.

Lead lectures, visiting speakers
Hours: 30
Intended Group Size: Whole cohort

Workshops
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: 8-10

Tutorials
Hours: 4
Intended Group Size: 4

Guided independent study
Hours: 256

Further details relating to assessment
Having engaged with a range of issues within contemporary mental health, students will negotiate to complete three tasks from a range such as a presentation, essay, report, reflective journal, and case study analysis, work artefact, critique of public policy or poster. The portfolio will be marked synoptically as a whole. The assessment will directly relate to professional practice or a chosen setting.

Each participant will choose a topic linked to an aspect of the module covered which links to theory, policy, research and practice, and investigate and critique the chosen area. There will be a high level of personalisation in terms of negotiated tasks within the portfolio.

Throughout, students will adhere to academic convention and show evidence of reading and critical evaluation of sources and debates within mental health.

Assessment:

001 Portfolio; 6,000 word equiv.; end of semester 1 100%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Duncan Martin
Level - 7
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 7PGS1

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