Prerequisites for Module
Successful completion of Module SSM003, Collaborative Working.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
Upon completion, the successful student will have demonstrated an ability to apply knowledge of mental health and related law, codes of practice, policy, professional roles and duties, functions of courts and other bodies and a critical understanding of mental disorder.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Apply knowledge of national and local guidance and an explicit awareness of the legal position and accountability of the MHO role.
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Compile and complete statutory documentation, including an application for admission and to present the issues to a legal hearing.
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Identify and critically discuss a range of models of mental disorder, including the contribution of social factors.
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Critically appraise the implications of mental disorder for service users, children, families and carers.
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Indicative Module Content
Knowledge base of applied law and understanding of models of mental disorder.
| Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Part Time | Group study days, teaching block, tutorials, observed practice, casework
| 84 |
Directed Study
| | Preparation for teaching block
| 40 |
Private Study
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| 26 |
Mode of Delivery
Group and individual study, practice teaching of selected cases, tutoring and study on teaching blocks.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Coursework | 1,2,3,4
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Analysis of a prescribed case study, relating knowledge base to a range of models of mental disorder. As the assessment is based on competence the coursework is assessed as pass/fail only and, therefore, a grade will not be awarded.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | Maas-Lowit, M. 2005, Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, Transitional Training for MHOs, Readers 1 & 2, Edinburgh, Scottish Executive
| | 2. | Scottish Executive, 2005, Draft Code of Practice Vol 1 to 3, Edinburgh, Scottish Executive
| | 3. | Scottish Parliament, 2003, Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, Edinburgh, HMSO
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