Information Package / Course Catalogue
Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Diseases Nursing
Course Code: HTR538
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

Student gains skills and knowledge about protection and improvisation of childrens' and adolescents' mental health, and gains information about diagnose, treatment, care and rehabilitation processes of mental disorders related to this period.

Course Content

During this course the principles of assessment, management, evaluation and continuing care of children examined in primary care settings. Developmentally appropriate, family-centered approaches and management of common mental problems are addressed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Student has information about development of mental health on children and adolescents in terms of developmental periods
2.To be able to make assessment of mental health on children and adolescents
3.Student has information on mental disorders particular to childhood and adolescence periods
4.Student may be able to determine children and adolescents with risky behaviors and has information
5.Student has enough information on treatment approaches of mental disorders encountered on childhood and adolescence
6.Student knows and can apply the mental heath development and mental disorder prevention programmes
7.Student can make family intervention when faced with problems seen on childhood and adolescence
8.Student may use nursing process in mental disorders encountered on childhood and adolescence
9.Student has information about legal situations onproblems encountered in childhood and adolescence
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.
11.Güleç C, Köroğlu E. (1998) Psikiyatri Temel Kitabı. 2 nci basım, Hekimler Yayın Birliği, Ankara.
12.Amerikan Psikiyatri Birliği. (1994) Mental Bozuklukların Tanısal ve Sayımsal El Kitabı. Dördüncü Baskı (DSM IV). Amerikan Psikiyatri Birliği, Washington DC, (Çeviren: E. Köroğlu), Hekimler Yayın Birliği, Ankara.
13.Öztürk O. (2004) Ruh Sağlığı ve Bozuklukları. Feryal Matbaacılık, Ankara.
14.Kozacıoğlu G. (1995) Bireyden Topluma Ruh Sağlığı, Alfa Basın Yayın Dağıtım, İstanbul.
15.Köroğlu E. (2004) Psikonozoloji/ Tanımlayıcı Klinik Psikiyatri, Ankara.
16.Özcan A.(1996) Hemşire- Hasta İlişkisi ve İletişim. Saray Tıp Kitabevi, İzmir.
17.Pektekin Ç. (1992) Psikiyatri Hemşireliği, Açık Öğretim Fakültesi Yayınları, Eskişehir.
18.Tomruk, NB, Kutlar, MT, Canbek, Ö, Soysal, H. (2007) Elektrokonvulsif Tedavi Klinik Uygulama El Kitabı, Ece Matbaacılık, İstanbul
19.Velioğlu P. (1993) Psikiyatri Hemşireliğinde Yaklaşımlar, İstanbul.
20.Yüksel N. (2006) Ruhsal Hastalıklar,3. baskı, Özyurt Yayıncılık, Ankara.
21.Kaplan & Sadock. (2005) Klinik Psikiyatri, Çev: Aydın H, Bozkurt A. Güneş Kitabevi, İstanbul.
22.Yörükoğlu, A. Çocuk Ruh Sağlığı. Özgür yayınları. 24. Basım. Ankara. 2000.
23.Yörükoğlu, A. Gençlik Çağı Ruh Sağlığı ve Sorunlarıo. Özgür yayınları. 11. Basım. Ankara. 2000
24.Ögel K, ( 2007) Riskli Davranışlar Gösteren Çocuk ve Ergenler: Alanda çalışanlar için bilgiler. Ajans Plaza tanıtım ve İletişim Hizmetleri Ltd Şirketi, İstanbul.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Development of mental health in children and adolescents related to their developmental periods
Week 2 - Theoretical
Development of mental health in children and adolescents related to their developmental periods
Week 3 - Theoretical
Mental health examination on children and adolescents
Week 4 - Theoretical
Mental disorders particular to childhood and adolescence period
Week 5 - Theoretical
Mental disorders particular to childhood and adolescence period
Week 6 - Theoretical
Children and adolescents acting risky behaviors
Week 7 - Theoretical
Treatment aproaches in mental disorders particular to childhood and adolescence period
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Treatment aproaches in mental disorders particular to childhood and adolescence period (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Programmes oriented to prevention of mental disorders and promotion of mental health on children and adolescents
Week 10 - Theoretical
Programmes oriented to prevention of mental disorders and promotion of mental health on children and adolescents
Week 11 - Theoretical
Family intervention related to problems encountered on childhood and adolescence period.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Family intervention related to problems encountered on childhood and adolescence period.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Legal situations encountered on childhood and adolescence period
Week 14 - Theoretical
Legal situations encountered on childhood and adolescence period
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination2%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Midterm Examination29222
Final Examination1628
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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PÇ-2
PÇ-3
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PÇ-5
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OÇ-1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-6
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-7
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-8
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-9
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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