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Mental Health Disorders, Substance Abuse Problems and Pharmacology (TuAS) (5cr)

Code: 7L00CO75-3002

General information


Enrolment period
01.09.2017 - 30.09.2017
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.08.2017 - 01.12.2017
Implementation has ended.
Credits
5 cr
Virtual portion
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Blended learning
Unit
Emergency Care, Midwifery, Public Health Nursing
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Master's Degree Programme in Clinical Expertise and Development
Teachers
Nina Kilkku
Person in charge
Nina Kilkku
Course
7L00CO75

Objectives (course unit)

Students
•are able to describe comprehensively the development and meaning of mental health as well as the individual and societal matters influencing substance abuse behavior
•are able to assess the need of pharmacological and other medical treatment and can support and give guidance for clients in an need-adapted way
•are able to use current evidence-based information from psychiatry and substance medicine in order to plan and implement the care and treatment

Content (course unit)

Recognition and assessment of mental health disorders and subtance abuse problems
Medical and pharmacological care in mental health disorders and substance abuse problems.

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