units
MPM5006
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.
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Level | Postgraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences |
Organisational Unit | School of Psychological Sciences |
Offered | Not offered in 2014 |
Coordinator(s) | Dr T Chong |
This core unit will provide an introduction into the adolescence through to the adult phase of life, concepts of mental illness and the impact of one on the other. Topics will include adolescent psychiatry, parenthood and mental illness, mid-life and late life issues. Phenomenology will be covered in detail with several sessions devoted to disorders of thought and perception. The practice of adult psychiatry in special settings such as primary and community care, hospital in-patient and forensic institutions will also be examined.
On completion of this unit students should:
Specific objectives of the unit are:
One short answer examination paper (100%)
Hurdle requirement: 75% attendance
Approximately 3.5 hours per week attending lectures.