COMPLEXITY IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Assessments: An essay (4000 words) (100% of grade). A written critical analysis of a case scenario identified in practice, exploring the biopsychosocial determinants of ill health and a critical appraisal of actual or proposed biopsychosocial interventions within the context of contemporary clinical care.
Module aims: to equip students with the necessary knowledge base to identify, and effectively manage, complex mental health conditions across the lifespan incorporating biological, psychosocial, and cultural determinants of health.
Module learning outcomes: By the end of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of differing theories of development that contribute, or prevent, mental health conditions; and be able to critically appraise the transition points across the lifespan for potential or actual vulnerability, crisis, or mental illness.
Identify and critically examine the key principles related to aetiology, pathogenesis, and clinical management of serious mental illnesses whilst acknowledging influencing and inhibiting factors for biopsychosocial interventions, in addition to the limitations of therapeutic interventions.
Deconstruct and analyse biopsychosocial influences and how these can predispose or perpetuate complex mental health conditions whilst acknowledging that such factors are malleable across the lifespan.
Critically analyse contemporary research and clinical guidelines to promote health and wellbeing when working with service users, carers, and families- with focus upon decision making to promote health and the further prevention of illness.
Assessment brief:
Summative assignment – 4,000-word essay.
Give a brief introduction outlining what you intend to do in the assignment.
Describe the person, the service, and the nature of your involvement with them.
Contextualise the service with reference to contemporary mental health policy.
Identify and analyse the biopsychosocial factors which have contributed to the development and maintenance of the person’s mental disorder and account for their physical health status.
Describe and analyse the process of prioritising health and well-being needs using relevant assessment tools and showing awareness of relevant psychological theory.
Demonstrate collaboration with the person, carers, and the family in the context of the service, identifying potential and actual barriers to engagement and address any safeguarding concerns in formulating and executing your plan of care.
Critically appraise your interventions with reference to a contemporary evidence base and analyse their effectiveness in the promotion of health and wellbeing.
Provide a brief conclusion, summarising the main points of the assignment.
