Information Package / Course Catalogue
Mental Health and Care For Psychiatric Illnesses
Course Code: HB211
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

This course is intended for students with learning and mental health impaired individuals to know the definition of the symptoms and treatment of psychiatric disorders.

Course Content

In this course, disorders and diseases in the area of mental health and psychiatry will be discussed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Perihan SARI
Learning Outcomes
1.Knowing how to provide care by listing the characteristics of an individual who is not mentally ill
2.To tell you the symptoms of mental health and illness
3.To understand coping mechanisms
4.Knows how to approach psychiatric patients and knows methods of coping with problems
5.Knows the terms used in mental health and psychiatry
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ozturk O , Uluşahin A., 2015 , Mental Health and Disorders, Nobel Bookstore , Ankara .
2.Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care Mary C. Townsend.
3.Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Hemşirelik Bakım İlkeleri editör : Arzu Yüksel, Emel Bahadır Yılmaz.Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction And Course Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Mental Health Concept and History Of Psychiatry
Week 3 - Theoretical
Terms used in psychiatric diseases
Week 4 - Theoretical
Defense mechanisms used in psychiatric diseases
Week 5 - Theoretical
Mood disorders and care
Week 6 - Theoretical
Mood disorders and care
Week 7 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm& Personality Disorders and care
Week 8 - Theoretical
Evaluation of exam questions & Personality Disorders and care
Week 9 - Theoretical
stress and stress management
Week 10 - Theoretical
Anxiety Disorders and care
Week 11 - Theoretical
Schizophrenia Disease and Care
Week 12 - Theoretical
Care of patients with psychosis
Week 13 - Theoretical
Organic Mental Disorders (Demans- Alzheimer's) and care
Week 14 - Theoretical
Drug Addiction
Week 15 - Theoretical
Cinsel İşlev Bozuklukları
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory151245
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)69
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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3
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2
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5
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4
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3
1
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026