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£1,050.00
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March 2026
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Attendance dates: 05 Mar 2026, 12 Mar 2026, 19 Mar 2026, 26 Mar 2026, 02 Apr 2026
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Course overview
The aim of this unit is to develop knowledge and skills regarding the mental health care needs of adult service users in non-mental health settings.
Indicative unit content
- Common mental illness presentations (i.e., Depression, Anxiety, Substance Use, Trauma, Delirium and Dementia, Psychosis).
- Mental health needs in physical care settings, e.g. Emergency Departments, in-patient units, primary care.
- Understanding mental health service provision
- Contemporary approaches to mental health care.
- Assessment and management of common and emergency mental health presentations in physical care settings.
- Legislation and ethical dilemmas and is application to mental health care.
- Mental Health Medication and its therapeutic use in mental illness
- Critical analysis of research methodologies
Learning and teaching methods
Units adopt a blended approach, with face-to-face teaching, additional online resources via the VLE, and online tutorials. Some seminars where appropriate can be delivered online.
In this unit students will participate in a mixture of lectures, seminars, case study reviews, e learning, journal club and independent reading and study.
This course requires 100% attendance.
Learning outcomes
Having completed this unit the student is expected to:
- Critically analyse ways in which the mental health of clients will be recognised, assessed, and appropriately referred.
- Demonstrate critical evaluation of approaches to supporting and monitoring services users with mental health needs in non-mental health settings
- Identify and explicitly define the key presenting features of a range of common mental illnesses
- Critically analyse the mental health care skills required in non-mental health settings
- Explore underpinning research methodologies for critically analysing the assessment and care of a service user
Assessment
Case study review feedback–students will engage in a session where they discuss their chosen case study and gain formative feedback on their formulation of this in relation to the ILOs.
Course details
Course leader
Nick Jones: njones3@bournemouth.ac.uk
Course delivery
Face to face
Prerequisites
Registered healthcare practitioner working with clients in practice.
Normally students may enter Level 7 (Master's level) study if they have been awarded:
- Undergraduate degree (honours or non-honours)
- An equivalent qualification (the learning outcome of which are demonstrably appropriate in terms of knowledge, understanding and skills) equivalent to 120 credits at Level 5.
This unit is also available at Level 6 (degree level).
Why choose BU?
Bournemouth Gateway Building is the home of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. Its 10,000 square metres of space has created a unified base for the faculty’s education, research and office activities, which previously took place across several buildings in the Lansdowne area. It is open and accessible to all BU students, staff and the community.
We have a long and close association with health and social care practice partners across the region and enjoy close relationships with Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Dorset and District Hospitals (Yeovil and Salisbury) and Dorset County Hospital.
We are an established, vibrant and supportive academic community of staff, clinical practitioners, students and service users. Our team of highly qualified nursing staff and social scientists are committed to developing the next generation of outstanding, skilled and compassionate practitioners, having been engaged in developing the nursing workforce for over 25 years.
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