Information Package / Course Catalogue
Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Diseases Nursing
Course Code: HRS522
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to protect mental health of child and adolescent, to improve and to learn about the process of mental disorders, diagnosis, treatment, care and rehabilitation, to gain knowledge and skills of nursing practice.

Course Content

This course including Development of mental health in children and adolescents according to developmental stages, mental status examination, mental disorders, risky behavior in children and adolescents showing, therapeutic approaches in mental disorders, development of prevention programs about mental health and mental disorders, family interventions and nursing process.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To knowledge about development of mental health according to developmental stages in children and adolescents
2.To make mental state examination in child and adolescent
3.To knowledge about Specific mental disorders in children and adolescence
4.To knowledge and to recognize about Risky behavior in children and adolescents showing
5.To knowledge about treatment approaches Specific mental disorders in children and adolescence.
6.Knowing and applying to development Child and adolescent mental health and prevention programs, mental disorders
7.To do Child and family intervention for problems during adolescence
8.To application nursing process at Specific mental disorders in children and adolescence
9.To knowledge about the legal aspects Encountered problems in children and adolescents.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Birckhead LM. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. JB. Lippincott Company, Pennsylvania, 1989.
2.Carson VB, Arnold EN. Mental Health Nursing. Saunders Company, London, 1996.
3.Cook JJ, Fontaine KL. Essentials of Mental Health Nursing. Addison-Wesley, California, 1991.
4.Fortinash KM, Holoday-Worret PA. Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans, Mosby Company, Boston, 1995.
5.Fortinash KM, Holoday-Worret PA. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Mosby Company, Boston, 1996.
6.Janosik EH, Davies JL. Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. Second Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, United States of America, 1989.
7.Johnson BS. Adaptation and Growth Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Lippincott Company, Newyork, 1997.
8.Marriner A. Nursing Theorists and Their Work. Mosby Company, St. Louis, United States of America, 1986.
9.McFarland GK, Thomas MD. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Lippincott Company, London, 1991.
10.Güleç C, Köroğlu E. (1997) Psikiyatri Temel Kitabı. 1 nci basım, Hekimler Yayın Birliği, Ankara.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
According to developmental stages development of mental health in children and adolescents
Week 2 - Theoretical
Child adolescent mental health disorders
Week 3 - Theoretical
Addiction in Children and Adolescents (Alcohol, substance and Behavioral Addictions)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Diagnosis of child and adolescent mental health problems
Week 5 - Theoretical
Observation, Interview, Children and Play
Week 6 - Theoretical
Treatment approaches for mental disorders specific to children and adolescence
Week 7 - Theoretical
Treatment approaches for mental disorders specific to children and adolescence
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Approach to mental problems in child adolescence, nursing care (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Approach to mental problems in child adolescence, nursing care
Week 10 - Theoretical
Communication with the family in approaching child and adolescent mental problems
Week 11 - Theoretical
Programs to improve mental health and prevent mental disorders in children and adolescents
Week 12 - Theoretical
Evidence-based practices in child adolescent mental health research
Week 13 - Theoretical
National and International Child and adolescent mental health policies and strategies
Week 14 - Theoretical
Legal situations in problems seen in children and adolescence
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Midterm Examination215438
Final Examination118220
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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