Mental Health and Substance Abuse NursingLaajuus (7 cr)
Code: TH00BV34
Credits
7 op
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Enrollment
05.06.2023 - 13.11.2023
Timing
13.11.2023 - 15.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Sonja Sahla
Groups
-
PSHSS22A
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
05.06.2023 - 13.11.2023
Timing
13.11.2023 - 15.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Sonja Sahla
Groups
-
PSHTS22B
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
01.06.2023 - 10.11.2023
Timing
06.11.2023 - 17.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Campus
- Location-independent
- Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Sari Mäkinen
Groups
-
PSHTS22V
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
05.06.2023 - 09.10.2023
Timing
09.10.2023 - 17.11.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Sonja Sahla
Groups
-
PSHTS22A
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
01.06.2023 - 04.09.2023
Timing
04.09.2023 - 15.10.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Campus
Salo IoT Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Sari Mäkinen
Scheduling groups
- Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
- Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
-
MSAISS22
Small groups
- 1
- 2
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.12.2022 - 24.04.2023
Timing
17.04.2023 - 04.06.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Sari Mäkinen
Groups
-
PSHTK22B
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.12.2022 - 17.02.2023
Timing
13.02.2023 - 04.04.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Sonja Sahla
Groups
-
MSHTK22A
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.12.2022 - 18.01.2023
Timing
16.01.2023 - 02.04.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Sari Mäkinen
Groups
-
PSHTK22A
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.12.2022 - 29.04.2023
Timing
01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Ville Vainio
Groups
-
PSHSK22A
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
07.06.2022 - 14.11.2022
Timing
14.11.2022 - 18.12.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Virtual portion
3 op
RDI portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
58 % Contact teaching, 42 % Distance learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Campus
Salo IoT Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Sari Mäkinen
Groups
-
PSHSS21B
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
07.06.2022 - 10.10.2022
Timing
10.10.2022 - 20.11.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Virtual portion
3 op
RDI portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
58 % Contact teaching, 42 % Distance learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Campus
Salo IoT Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Sari Mäkinen
Groups
-
PSHSS21A
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
07.06.2022 - 05.09.2022
Timing
29.08.2022 - 02.10.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Sari Mäkinen
Groups
-
PSHSS21V
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.07.2022 - 25.11.2022
Timing
01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Elina Santala
- Nita Björklöf
Groups
-
MSAISS21
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.07.2022 - 30.09.2022
Timing
01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Ville Vainio
Groups
-
PSHTS21A
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.07.2022 - 31.08.2022
Timing
01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Ville Vainio
Groups
-
PSHTS21B
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.07.2022 - 30.09.2022
Timing
01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Ville Vainio
Groups
-
PSHTS21C
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.07.2022 - 30.09.2022
Timing
01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Ville Vainio
Groups
-
PSHTS21V
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.12.2021 - 19.04.2022
Timing
19.04.2022 - 03.06.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Ville Vainio
- Sari Mäkinen
Groups
-
PSHTK21C
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.12.2021 - 19.04.2022
Timing
19.04.2022 - 03.06.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Ville Vainio
- Sari Mäkinen
Groups
-
PSHTK21B
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.12.2021 - 11.04.2022
Timing
11.04.2022 - 27.05.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Joonas Korhonen
- Sari Mäkinen
Groups
-
MSHTK21A
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.12.2021 - 14.02.2022
Timing
14.02.2022 - 08.05.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Joonas Korhonen
- Sari Mäkinen
Groups
-
MSHTK21B
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.12.2021 - 13.01.2022
Timing
10.01.2022 - 25.03.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Sari Mäkinen
Groups
-
PSHSK21A
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
02.12.2021 - 31.03.2022
Timing
01.01.2022 - 31.07.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Ville Vainio
Groups
-
PSHTK21A
Objective
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE NURSING 7 ECTS MIPÄ
The study unit includes 2 ECTS of studies arranged in English
Objectives
Students will
• Acknowledge the role of promoting mental health as the basis for all mental health work
• Become familiar with the mental health and substance abuse service system and be able to work in a networked multiprofessional environment
• Know how to identify mental health and substance abuse patients’ needs for care, address any problems and instruct the patient to seek appropriate care,, document the needs for care, plan and administer care, evaluate the effectiveness of care and draw the necessary conclusions
• Be able to identify common mental disorders and know the basis of treating these disorders
• Be able to recognize the needs for care and backgrounds of patients of different ages
• Know how to promote occupational and patient safety in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Understand how ethical guidelines, values, principles and legislation steer the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Know how to use mental health and substance abuse treatment methods while observing the principles of recovery orientation
• Understand the significance of working in a patient-nurse relationship and the meaning of work supervision and know how to guide the patient and their family members
• Know how to administer different modes of biological treatment safely and effectively, including pharmacotherapy, and how to provide psychosocial care in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse patients
• Have the resources to deal with aggressive or violent customers
• Understand how crises are part of normal human development and know how to define the needs for care of trauma-focused patients
• Understand the importance of expertise by experience in the development of comprehensive treatment
Content
Contents
Basics of mental health nursing
• Concept of positive mental health
• Mental health in society and components of mental health
• Care-related interaction (attitudes, ethics, professional interaction)
• Service system expertise
• National and international projects that aim to promote mental health
• Mental health legislation
o Process of involuntary treatment
o Seeking treatment voluntarily
• Empowering approach and Recovery model
• Facing a psychotic patient
• Crisis work
Children, adolescents and their families
• Childhood development and mental health
• Common mental health problems of children and adolescents
• Family support
The elderly
• Common mental health challenges and disorders of the elderly
• Substance abuse problems of the elderly
Preclinical training contents
• Motivational interview and mini intervention
• Instructing the patient to seek appropriate care and minimal use of enforcement
• Facing an aggressive patient
PSYCHIATRY and Pharmacology, 1 ECTS
• Psychoactive medications
• Common mental disorders and how to diagnose and treat them
o Depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Anxiety disorders
o Self-destructive behaviour
o Personality disorders
o Psychosis and schizophrenia
o PTSD
• Addictions
• The health effects and excessive use of alcohol
• Common narcotic substances, how to identify their usage
Evaluation scale
H-5