Information Package / Course Catalogue
Community Mental Health Nursing
Course Code: HRS532
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 purpose of this course, the location of psychiatric nurses in community mental health services, mental health threatening social, social risks and the prevalence of mental health problems, mental health problems approach to substance abuse as a social problem, smoking addiction policies and measures to protect mental health services for institutional and countries examine the samples to improve the mental health program, and creating a national mental health policy to increase the contribution of psychiatric nursing.

Course Content

In this lesson, mental health threatening social, social risks and the prevalence of mental health problems in society, social security and approach to mental health problems, substance abuse as a social problem, smoking addiction, policies and measures, institution building and maintaining mental health crisis prevention-intervention services, trauma after the intervention, depression, and panic preventive approaches, child-risk approach to elderly women and adolescent mental health protection, are analyzed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Fatma DEMİRKIRAN
Learning Outcomes
1.To know community Mental Health Nurse's duties and responsibilities.
2.To know mental health threat, social and community of the risks.
3.to discuss can be seen in the community the measures to be taken against mental health problems.
4.Do not contribute to policy-making preventive mental health services in the community.
5.Do not contribute to policy-making preventive mental health services in the community.
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 Mental Health Nursing. Mosby Company, Boston, 1996.
5.Janosik EH, Davies JL. Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. Second Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, United States of America, 1989.
6.Johnson BS. Adaptation and Growth Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Lippincott Company, Newyork, 1997.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Community Mental Health Nursing
Week 2 - Theoretical
Community mental health services, psychiatric nurses location
Week 3 - Theoretical
Factors affecting community mental health services
Week 4 - Theoretical
Ruh sağlığını tehdit eden toplumsal, sosyal riskler ve ruh sağlığı sorunlarının yaygınlığı
Week 5 - Theoretical
Approach to mental health problems, substance abuse as a social problem, smoking addiction
Week 6 - Theoretical
Policies and measures,
Week 7 - Theoretical
Examples of programs for developing countries, mental health services
Week 8 - Theoretical
Toplum Ruh Sağlığı hizmetleri (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Community Mental Health services
Week 10 - Theoretical
Community Mental Health Centers and functions
Week 11 - Theoretical
Maintaining the corporate restructuring of mental health.
Week 12 - Theoretical
And the effects of violence in society.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Psychiatric nursing in creating a national mental health policy.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Psychiatric nursing in creating a national mental health policy.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination2%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination220448
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)104
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
OÇ-3
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
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