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2021/22 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

HECS2193 Promoting Mental Well-being Across the Lifespan

20 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Nicola Clibbens
Email: N.Clibbens@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2021/22

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally 120 credits at level 1

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Students explore the dynamic of mental health as experienced by individuals across their lifespan. Social stigma and societal perceptions are explored, as are the impact mental health issues have on familial and social relationships.

Objectives

This module presents learners with opportunities to explore the dynamic of mental health as experienced by individuals across their lifespan i.e. child and adolescent, working adults and older adults. It engages learners with critically reviewing related theoretical and biographical material.

Learning outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:

- Examine a range of dilemmas / stressors which challenge adolescents in contemporary society.
- Investigate and examine the common health issues for adolescents, working age adults and older adults and their impact on a person's mental health.
- Discuss the impact of stigma on mental health service users, their families and carers, and the motivational basis of prejudice.
- Outline the causation, incidence and prevalence of mental health problems and the impact this may have on individuals, families and communities.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the Stress-Vulnerability model's explanation of mental health / illness.
- Discuss the social context of mental illness and the treatment of the mentally ill.
- Debate the concepts of 'mental health' and 'mental illness' both within and across cultures.
- Explain the historical development of approaches to the care and management of the mentally ill.
- Apply appropriate underpinning evidence that impinges on the mental well-being of individuals across the life span.

Skills outcomes
This module will introduce learners to the skills of engagement across the lifespan in promoting mental health, and recognition of mental ill health. The focus is on mental health problems that are common in the population and the interventions to support recovery. Familiarity with a range of electronic Apps available and appropriate literature search skills will also be developed.


Syllabus

This module addresses lifespan issues which have a bearing upon individual's mental health. Topics will include:
- Stress
- Eating Disorders and body image
- Depression, self-harm and suicide
- Family dynamics
- Common mental health problems (anxiety & mood disorders)
- Dementia care
- Aging, expectations, stigma
- Double discrimination of age and dementia
- Loss relating to changing role, status, relationships
- Carers needs
- Supporting people to identify actions that promote health
- Co-morbidity of physiological and psychological vulnerability
- Informed choices, pharmacological and physical treatments, providing education and information on the benefits, unwanted effects, choices and alternatives.
-e-health technologies
-Introduction to talking therapies including CBT and SFT
-Mental health of offenders focusing on common mental health problems
-Surviving trauma and PTSD
-Perinatal mental health

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Seminar102.0020.00
Tutorial102.0020.00
Independent online learning hours30.00
Private study hours130.00
Total Contact hours40.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)200.00

Private study

The independent online learning gives students the opportunity to work through a series of pre-prepared Articulate Presenter tutorials and learning materials prepared in partnership with clinical colleagues. These tutorials provide the student with a framework to support their learning and do not include an assessment element.
Private study - learners are here provided with opportunities to develop learning through reading, review of Internet sites, working on guided study materials, preparing assignment work and seeking and engaging with academic support.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will have the opportunity to receive formative feedback related to the module during a timetabled group tutorial and on an individual basis in accordance with the School of Healthcare policy on academic support.

Monitoring of Progress:
As a student you will know how well you are doing by engaging in regular group activities in the classroom. During these classroom activities you will have the opportunity to reflect on your own progress through discussion with peers and through verbal feedback from academic staff. You will also have the opportunity to engage in independent learning online which will contribute to self-evaluation of your progress.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
AssignmentPresentation slides with 2500 word abstract100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/06/2021 16:22:15

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