Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Recovery

The aim of this module is to facilitate a critical exploration of contemporary mental health issues with specific emphasis on recovery. This will incorporate policy and legislation studies, service user involvement, family participation and an examination of modern multi-professional collaborative mental health services. The module is designed to provide the student with a comprehensive understanding of multi-disciplinary working and the specific role of the professional social care worker in mental health service provision. This understanding will be informed by CORU's Standards of Proficiency.

This module maps to the CORU Standards of Proficiency below:

Domain 1:  Professional Autonomy and Accountability

Domain 2:  Communication, Collaborative Practice and Teamworking

Domain 5:  Professional Knowledge and Skills

1. Articulate and critically engage with a comprehensive conceptual and historical overview of 'mental illness', drawing primarily on sociological and psychological perspectives (Proficiencies: 1.1; 1.2; 1.6; 1.9; 1.11).

2. Analyse and assess the policy and legal frameworks that shape contemporary mental health service provision in Ireland (Proficiencies: 1.1; 1.2; 1.6; 1.9; 5.4)..

3. Evaluate key ideas, trends and theories that inform a recovery discourse in mental health services with particular reference to the role of social care(Proficiencies: 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.6).

4. Critically review key recovery concepts such as hope, control and opportunity and the role of self-efficacy in recovery (Proficiencies: 1.1; 1.2; 1.6; 1.11; 1.17; 2.9; 2.13; 2.14; 2.15; 5.9).

5. Articulate and critically engage with current cultural changes in 'mental health' discourses arising from survivor movements, peer movements and wider community development frameworks (Proficiencies: 1.1; 1.2; 1.5; 1.6; 2.3; 2.4; 2.12).