MHS5102 Transcultural mental health
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MHS5102 Transcultural mental health is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2021. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2024 entry.
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Overview
he unit will examine the effects of culture on the construction and experience of mental illness and the implications of cultural and community structures for the delivery of mental health services. Major areas covered include explanatory models of mental illness, cultural and social factors shaping the mental health in the community with a focus on the mental health of Aboriginal, refugee, asylum seeker and migrant communities in Australia, racism and prejudice, cultural assumptions of standard methods of assessment and treatment, State mental health policy, psychiatric service utilisation, and gaps in current service provision.
Offerings in 2021
The 2021 handbook lists no offerings for MHS5102.
Assessment
- Essay (3,000 words) (45%)EssayThreshold hurdle45%
- Applied learning: Policy analysis (1,500 words) (25%)AssignmentThreshold hurdle25%
- On-Campus Workshop / Alternative Assessment (10%)Workshop-
- Moodle participation and contribution (10%)Participation10%
- Moodle critical review and feedback on essay (10%)Other10%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Recognise and articulate the impact of refugee, asylum seeker and migration on mental health, and apply this to examining topical issues.
- 2
Analyse and compare conceptions and experiences of mental health across different cultures and their effect on health seeking behaviour.
- 3
Identify and demonstrate how assessment and treatment approaches are modified in response to clients’ cultural background.
- 4
Examine gaps State and National policy context informing the provision mental health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities.
- 5
Appraise the application of policy to specific mental health issues relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities, and identify gaps.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Shiva Vasi
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Phyllis Chua
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MHS5102?
MHS5102 has no prerequisites.
When is MHS5102 offered?
MHS5102 has no offerings listed in the 2021 handbook.
Does MHS5102 have an exam?
No. MHS5102 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.