Information Package / Course Catalogue
Community Mental Health Nursing
Course Code: HTR507
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
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)
Learning Outcomes
1.Student has the current teorical and practical knowledge in master’s degree in Community Psychiatric Nursing field based on his previous learning in bachelor’s degree, student realises the knowledge, deepens and uses it.
2.Use the nursing process to individualize care for individuals across the life span who have alterations in psychosocial function
3.Demonstrate therapeutic communication with individuals, families and groups with alterations in psychosocial function.
4.Demonstrate responsibility for continued personal and professional role development
5.Demonstrate therapeutic communication with individuals, families and groups with alterations in psychosocial function.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Carson VB, Arnold EN. Mental Health Nursing. Saunders Company, London, 1996.
2.Birckhead LM. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. JB. Lippincott Company, Pennsylvania, 1989.
3.Cook JJ, Fontaine KL. Essentials of Mental Health Nursing. Addison-Wesley, California, 1991.
4.Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing. 3rd Ed. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia Isaacs A. (2001) Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing. 3rd Ed. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
5.Rawlins R, Williams S, Beck C: Mental Health Nursing, Third Edition, Mosby Y Rawlins R,era Book, 1997.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definitions and the basic concepts of Community Mental Health Nursing
Week 2 - Theoretical
Community mental health services and psychiatric nursing
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
Health Promotion
Week 6 - Theoretical
Risk reduction and mental disease prevention
Week 7 - Intermediate Exam
Risk reduction and mental disease prevention (Midterm Exam)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Familiaes under risk for mental health(midterm)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Crises in families and management
Week 10 - Theoretical
Stigma and combat to stigma for mental desease
Week 11 - Theoretical
Follow up people with mental desease in community
Week 12 - Theoretical
Support resources for peple with mental disease and care givers
Week 13 - Theoretical
Violence in community and fight for violence
Week 14 - Theoretical
Violence in community and fight for violence
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Seminar26114
Term Project27116
Reading26012
Midterm Examination124226
Final Examination124226
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)122
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
4
4
4
3
3
2
5
5
OÇ-2
2
3
3
3
4
4
3
5
OÇ-3
2
3
4
4
4
3
5
5
OÇ-4
3
3
2
3
4
4
5
5
OÇ-5
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