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YHT5NK25DIAK Mental health and intoxicating substances (4 cr)

Code: YHT5004A20S-3047

General information


Enrollment

23.09.2024 - 06.04.2025

Timing

02.01.2025 - 04.05.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

4 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Diak joint implementation

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 666

Degree programmes

  • BA in Health Care
  • BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing
  • BA of Social Services
  • BA of Social Services, Diaconal Work
  • BA of Social Services, Christian Youth Work
  • BA of Social Services, Christian Early Childhood Education and Care
  • BA in Health Care, Public Health Care

Teachers

  • Sirpa Ylönen
  • Eeva Nykänen

Groups

  • POR-K24sos
  • OUL-K24sosd
  • HKI-K24sosd
  • HKI-K24sos
  • POR-K24sosd
  • HKI-K24sh-lh
  • Diak
  • OUL-K24sos
  • HKI-K24sosn
  • HKI-K24sosv
  • HKI-S24sosvakaAVOIN
  • POR-S23th
  • HKI-S23sh
  • JNS-S23shd
  • OUL-S23sh
    OUL-S23sh
  • POR-S23sh
  • PMK-S23sh

Objective

Students
- understand individual, communal, social and cultural factors related to mental health and substance abuse
- understand the significance of factors protecting wellbeing and positive mental health
- are familiar with central mental health disorders and comorbidity as well as their individual manifestation and connection to substance abuse
- know the basics of intoxicating substances and the risks and downsides related to their use
- understand the basics of how various crises manifest
- are familiar with the central legislation related to mental health and substance abuse work
- understand the significance of talking about a topic as well as early and well-timed help
- understand the significance of work promoting and remedying mental health
- understand the significance of preventative and remedying substance abuse work
- know the basics of crisis work and methods of helping
- understand the significance of customer-oriented multidisciplinary expertise in mental health, crisis and substance abuse work
- know how to assess and analyse their own values, attitudes and ideas of humans in relation to mental health and intoxicating substances

Content

- factors protecting wellbeing and positive mental health as well as factors exposing people to mental health and substance abuse problems
- the most common mental health disorders and comorbidity and their connection to substance abuse
- intoxicating substances (alcohol, surrogate alcohol, multi-addiction, cigarettes and drugs) and addictive behaviour
- manifestation of crises
- central legislation related to mental health and substance abuse work
- work that promotes and remedies mental health
- work that prevents and remedies substance abuse
- processing downsides, health risks and problems
- basics of crisis work and methods of helping
- multidisciplinary expertise and collaboration in mental health, substance abuse and crisis work
- reflection of professional personal growth

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty