PL4S146 - History, Concepts and Controversies in Mental Health 01 Sep 2018 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | PL4S146 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | History, Concepts and Controversies in Mental Health | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Life Sciences and Education | ||
| Faculty Group: | Psychology | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Youth and Community | ||
| Module Leader: | Philip Tyson | ||
| Module Team: | Kirsty Richards, Alexis Jones, Dan Bowers, Leigh Attwood, Martin Graff, Gareth Roderique-Davies | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2018 | Final Year of Intake: | 2025 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 7 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100497 - psychology | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2018 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2028 |
Module Aims
To enable students to develop a sophisticated critical appreciation of the history of mental health perspectives and treatments to inform their knowledge of contemporary practice.
To encourage evaluation of key approaches and current debates within mental health.
Content Summary
This Module will be broadly split into three sections.
1) History. The focus will be on historical and current perspectives on mental health and treatments for mental health problems. The aim is to help students develop sophisticated knowledge and the ability to critique perspectives and treatments leading to our current day understanding of mental health problems and the interventions available to treat these. The focus here will be on giving students a critical appreciation that ideas and practices in mental health today have a long history.
2) Concepts. There are some key concepts relating to mental health and this module aims to help students gain the critical understanding of these that they will need for future careers in the mental health field. These include the different theoretical approaches to understanding and treating mental health problems (e.g., behavioural and cognitive approaches).
3) Controversies. There are many controversies in the field of mental health. The module aims to help students to develop a critical appreciation of several of them, e.g., are diagnostic criteria reliable and valid? Are there race and class biases in mental health treatments?
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 12 |
| Seminar | 10 |
| Independent Study | 152 |
| Directed Study | 8 |
| Formative Assessment - Scheduled | 8 |
| Groupwork | 10 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Synthesise and critically appraise major historical and theoretical perspectives in Clinical Psychology and how these inform current thinking in Clinical Psychology. |
| LO2 | Evidence sophisticated critical reflection on controversies relating to the appropriate treatment of individuals experiencing psychological and behavioural disturbance |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Essay 2 | Using evidence from the academic literature and from your multicultural interviews, critically discuss the extent to which mental health services are sensitive to the needs of diverse cultural groups. | 0 | 2000 | 50 | No | 40 |
| Asynchronous Assessment | Essay 1 | A synopsis of historical approaches presented in the form of a timeline figure demonstrating critical understanding of important paradigm shifts, developments, theorists and researchers contributing to current understandings of psychological and behavioural disorders. | 0 | 2000 | 50 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Essay 2 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Essay 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |