Module Descriptors
PROFESSIONAL ISSUES FOR COUNSELLORS 2 - CASE FORMULATION AND MENTAL HEALTH
PSYC40520
Key Facts
School of Health, Science and Wellbeing
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Cressida Minister
Email: C.M.Minister@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 48
Independent Study Hours: 102
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- PRESENTATION - INDIVIDUAL weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
- Case Formulation
- Biological basis of some mental health issues - including genetic disposition
- Psychological models of understanding mental health and mental health issues
- Sociological models of understanding including family, environment, finance, employment,
Contextual issues.
- Nature versus nurture
- Knowledge of DSM IV
- Roles of psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists, GPs, Social Workers etc and referral processes
- Awareness of behaviours that may indicate mental health issues
- Issues involved when working with clients on prescribed drugs.
- Counsellor abilities and limitations
- Biological basis of some mental health issues - including genetic disposition
- Psychological models of understanding mental health and mental health issues
- Sociological models of understanding including family, environment, finance, employment,
Contextual issues.
- Nature versus nurture
- Knowledge of DSM IV
- Roles of psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists, GPs, Social Workers etc and referral processes
- Awareness of behaviours that may indicate mental health issues
- Issues involved when working with clients on prescribed drugs.
- Counsellor abilities and limitations
Module Learning Strategies
Contact Hours: (48)
30 hours - Interactive lectures, Power-point, presentations, guest speakers, DVDs
18 hours - Group work and discussion
Independent Study Hours: (102)
60 hours reading and reflecting, library and internet searching
42 hours assignment preparation
30 hours - Interactive lectures, Power-point, presentations, guest speakers, DVDs
18 hours - Group work and discussion
Independent Study Hours: (102)
60 hours reading and reflecting, library and internet searching
42 hours assignment preparation
Module Additional Assessment Details
Presentation of 20mins duration with a further 10 minutes for questions on one named illness / disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV) - including proposed treatment and support and a suggested intervention plan. (100 %) (addressing LO's 1 - 4)
Formative - Q and A, discussion, peer evaluation and feedback, self-evaluation, reflective journal, quiz, presentation, debate, work-sheets, role-play.
Formative - Q and A, discussion, peer evaluation and feedback, self-evaluation, reflective journal, quiz, presentation, debate, work-sheets, role-play.
Module Texts
American Psychiatric Association (2000) DSM IV-TR American Psychiatric Press
BACP (quarterly journal) Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. Oxon: Routledge
Jongsma, A.E. Peterson, L.M. and Bruce, T.J. (2003) The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons
Rogers, A. and Pilgrim, D. (2005) A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness. Milton Keynes: Open University Press
Whitney-Hicks, J. (2005) 50 Signs of Mental Illness - A Guide to Understanding Mental Health.
Yale USA Yale University Press
BACP (quarterly journal) Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. Oxon: Routledge
Jongsma, A.E. Peterson, L.M. and Bruce, T.J. (2003) The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons
Rogers, A. and Pilgrim, D. (2005) A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness. Milton Keynes: Open University Press
Whitney-Hicks, J. (2005) 50 Signs of Mental Illness - A Guide to Understanding Mental Health.
Yale USA Yale University Press
Module Resources
Core texts
Classrooms
Computer, projector
Internet access
Library
VLE Moodle
Classrooms
Computer, projector
Internet access
Library
VLE Moodle