Special Issues in Mental Health and Substance Abuse WorkLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Students are able to
Critically evaluate their own spesific working area in mental health and substance abuse care (e.g child psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, promotive mental health care)
Recognize the development needs in their own spesific working area and are able to critically evaluate them with evidence-based knowledge
Describe development suggestions and are able to present an action plan for these in their own spesific working area.

Content

Directives, laws and recommendations in a spesific area of mental health and/or substance abuse care (accroding the student’s field of working)
Evidence-based knowledge concerning the spesific area of mental health and/or subtance abuse care
Suggestions for development, action plan and actual change in practice according to the Peppa model