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Transcultural Mental Health (PSYT90014)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville) and Online
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Contact information
June
Overview
Availability | May - Online June - On Campus |
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Transcultural psychiatry concerns itself with the:
- nature of mental illness;
- causes and distribution of mental illness in different populations;
- culture and clinical practice, including the clinician-patient relationship; and the
- design of mental health services in multicultural societies.
Students will examine the role of culture in the development and the treatment of mental illness, and will be provided with a short introduction into the education of mental health professionals, and the construction and operations of health systems. They will integrate cultural with biological, psychological and social considerations in their thinking about clincial practice and briefly consider the design and operations of the mental health service settings in which they work. Students will consider the cultural and linguistic diversity of the Australian community and the implications of such diversity for clinical practice. They will examine the cultural construction of concepts of mental illness and the cultural assumptions and commitments of contemporary psychiatry. Prevalence of mental illness in immigrant, refugee and Aboriginal communities will be explored as will the patterns of mental health service utilisation. Students will develop knowledge and skills i ncultural assessment, cross-cultural diagnosis and treatment.
Intended learning outcomes
- Describe the cultural diversity of Australian society, and the mental health implications of this diversity
- Differentiate new ways of thinking about concepts of culture, and concept of psychiatric illness across different cultures, and to apply these concepts in day-to-day clinical work
- Describe the differing patterns of mental health service utilisation by different ethnic communities in Victoria, and the factors that may be responsible for these different patterns of service use such as the epidemiology of mental illness across cultures
- Discuss frameworks for thinking about public mental health policy, and service design and evaluation, in relation to people from different cultural backgrounds
- Demonstrate skills in the integration of cultural competence into psychiatric assessment and diagnosis
- Demonstrate skills in the integration of cultural competence into psychiatric management.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Participation in class discussions, and completion of learning activities and group exercises, during term (20%)
- Written assignment of 2000 words, due within 3 weeks of teaching period end date (80%)
- Attendance: 75% of sessions (for face-to-face students) OR 75% completion of online modules (for online students) (Hurdle requirement)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- May - Online
Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 6 weeks x 3.5 hour modules Pre teaching start date 30 April 2018 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students should familiarise themselves with the online platform and may like to take the opportunity to read through preliminary information about the subject and the services and support that is available to them. Students are encouraged to use this time to also introduce themselves to peers and teaching staff and to learn about those they will be studying with throughout the term. Teaching period 7 May 2018 to 11 June 2018 Last self-enrol date 1 May 2018 Census date 21 May 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 15 June 2018 Assessment period ends 9 July 2018 - June - On Campus
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 6 weeks x 3.5-hour seminars Teaching period 29 June 2018 to 3 August 2018 Last self-enrol date 6 July 2018 Census date 13 July 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 August 2018 Assessment period ends 24 August 2018 June contact information
Time commitment details
85
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Minas I H, Transcultural Psychiatry for Clinicians. (Unpublished Course Material)
Minas I H, Lambert T J, Boranga G & Kostov S (1996) Mental Health Services for Immigrants: Transforming Policy into Practice. Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service.
- Subject notes
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (CAP), subject to applicants meeting the entry requirements for the course.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Psychiatry - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
non-assessed study mode only
Last updated: 3 November 2022