MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Course Description:
This course is designed for developing an understanding of the modern approach to Mental health, identification, prevention and nursing management of common mental health problems with special emphasis on therapeutic interventions for individuals, family and community.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the historical development & current trends in Mental Health Nursing
- Describe the epidemiology of mental health problems
- Describe the national mental health Act; programmes and mental health policy
- Discusses the scope of mental health nursing
- Describe the concept of normal & abnormal behaviour
- Defines the various terms used in mental health nursing
- Explains the classification of mental disorders
- Explain psycho dynamics of maladaptive behaviour
- Discuss the etiological factors, psychopathology of mental disorders
- Explain the principles and standards of mental health nursing
- Describe the conceptual models of mental health nursing
- Describe nature, purpose and process of assessment of mental health status
- Identify therapeutic communication techniques
- Describe therapeutic relationship, therapeutic impasse and its intervention
- Explain treatment modalities and therapies used in mental disorders and role of the nurse
- Describe the etiology, psychopathology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic criteria and management of patients with schizophrenia, and other psychotic, mood, neurotic, stress related and somatization, substance use, personality, sexual and eating disorders
- Describe the etiology, psychopathology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic criteria and management of childhood and adolescent disorders including mental deficiency
- Describe the etiology, psychopathology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic criteria and management of organic brain disorders
- Identify psychiatric emergencies and carry out crisis intervention
- Explain legal aspects applied in mental health settings and role of the nurse
- Describe the model of preventive psychiatry
- Describes community mental health services and role of the nurse