Syllabus
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Course Code: MSW(E) -310 Course Name: Psycho-social Perspectives on Mental Health-I |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | - Concept of normality and abnormality. - Concept of mental health, Epidemiology of mental illness: Extent and prevalence of mental disorders at National and International Levels. - Classification of mental disorders: WHO approach (ICD-10) and American Psychiatric Association approach (DSM-IV & IV-TR). - Scope of Psychiatric Social Work and role of Psychiatric Social Worker. |
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| 2 | - Psychoneurotic disorders: magnitude of the problem worldwide and analysis of
the problem from different perspectives. - Delirium and Dementia: Alzheimer’s disorder: causes, symptoms & treatment. - Functional autonomy of nervous system: stroke, Parkinsonism, motor neuron disease, muscular dystrophies, Need for psychosocial intervention in neurological cases. - Neurotic depression and neurasthenia: symptoms and treatment methods. - Cerebral Palsy: diagnosis and treatment. |
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| 3 | - Psychotic reactions-Schizophrenia, Manic Depressive Psychosis (MDP) causes,
types and treatment. - Paranoid State: types, symptoms, treatment and rehabilitation - Mental Retardation causes, types-management and rehabilitation, role of family and parents. - Personality disorders: nature, causes and types; concept of gender identity. |
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| 4 | - Practice of Psychiatric Social work in different settings: family services
agencies, child welfare agencies, school setting, general hospitals, deaddiction centres. - Mental Status Examination, case recording, case preparation and presentation. - Major approaches in psychiatric social work, mobile medical unit, community psychiatry. - Practice of Psychiatric Social Work in mental hospitals and psychiatric clinics, role of psychiatric social worker. - Field instructions supervision, recording, documentation and evaluation in psychiatric social worker practice. |
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