Mental Health and Substance Abuse Nursing (7 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Mielenterveys- ja päihdehoitotyön perusosaaminen: Viikoittain vaihtuvat teemat
Mielenterveys- ja päihdetyön keskeiset käsitteet
Mielenterveys- ja päihdetyön lainsäädäntö ja palvelujärjestelmä
Psyykkiset sairaudet
Päihdelääketiede
TKI: Itsenäinen opiskelu.
Oman osaamisen kansio: Yksilötehtävä
Englanninkielinen yksilötehtävä: RecoverStudyModule
Tentti
Harjoitukset: Motivoiva haastattelu, mini-interventio, Hoitosuhdetyöskentely, haastavasti käyttäytyvä asiakas

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

Materials

-Kuhanen, C., Oittinen, P., Kanerva, A., Seuri, T. & Schubert, C. 2017. Mielenterveyshoitotyö. Sanoma Pro: Helsinki.
- Vuorilehto, M., Larri, T., Kurki, M. & Hätönen, H. 2014. Uudistuva mielenterveystyö. Edita Prima: Helsinki.
- Partanen, A., Holmberg, J., Inkinen, M., Kurki, M., & Salo-Chydenius, S. 2015. Päihdehoitotyö. Sanoma Pro Oy: Helsinki.
- Materiaali jakso-oppaassa
- Opettajan materiaali

Teaching methods

Teemapäivät
Tiimioppiminen
Oppimiskeskustelut
Oman osaamisen reflektointi

Exam schedules

Tentti kurssin viimeisenä päivä
Uusinta sovittavissa erikseen

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

Tiimioppiminen
Keskustelevat luennot
Oman osaamisen reflektointi
Vertaisarviointi
Case-harjoitukset

Completion alternatives

Opintojaksolla ei ole vaihtoehtoista suoritustapaa.

Student workload

1 op on opiskelijan työtä 27h. Yhteensä opintojakso 7 op eli 189h.
Teemoihin liittyvät oppimistehtävät
Oman osaamisen kansio
Tentti

Evaluation methods and criteria

Osallistunut tiimityöskentelyyn aktiivisesti Hyv-Hyl
Ennakotehtävät ja niiden kautta esitykset Hyv-Hyl
Oman osaamisen kansio Hyl-K5
Tentti Hyl-K5