Ill Health. Unit reference number: L/616/7295 Level: 3. Credit value: 3 Guided learning hours: 16. Unit summary

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1 Unit 11: Understand Mental Ill Health Unit reference number: L/616/7295 Level: 3 Unit type: Optinal Credit value: 3 Guided learning hurs: 16 Unit summary Mental ill health culd be ne f the mst serius health issues facing the wellbeing f individuals in the UK tday. This unit will give yu knwledge f the main frms f mental ill health accrding t the psychiatric classificatin system. Yu will cnsider the strengths and limitatins f this system and lk at alternative framewrks fr understanding mental distress. Yu will learn abut the ways that mental ill health can affect the lives f individuals and the peple wh play an imprtant rle in their lives. This is vital t understanding the wider and smetimes unseen impact f mental ill health. By lking at scial factrs, such as discriminatin and stigma, yu will develp a deeper understanding f mental ill health and its cnsequences. Yu will als cnsider the benefits f early interventin in prmting mental health and wellbeing. 1

2 Learning utcmes and assessment criteria T pass this unit, the learner needs t demnstrate that they can meet all the learning utcmes fr the unit. The assessment criteria utline the requirements the learner is expected t meet t achieve the unit. Learning utcmes 1 Understand the types f mental ill health 2 Understand the impact f mental ill-health n individuals and thers in their scial and emplyment netwrks Assessment criteria 1.1 Describe types f mental ill health accrding t the psychiatric (DSM/ICD) classificatin system 1.2 Explain key strengths and limitatins f the psychiatric classificatin system 1.3 Explain alternative framewrks fr understanding mental ill health 1.4 Explain indicatrs f mental ill health 2.1 Explain hw individuals experience discriminatin 2.2 Explain the effects mental ill health may have n an individual 2.3 Explain the effects mental ill health may have n thse in the individual s familial, scial r wrk netwrk 2.4 Explain hw t intervene t prmte an individual s mental health and well being 2

3 Cntent What needs t be learned Learning utcme 1: Understand types f mental ill health Types and classificatin f mental ill health Types as defined by the charity MIND The Diagnstic and Statistical Manual f Mental Disrders (DSM) as used in the USA. The Internatinal Classificatin f Diseases (ICD 10). Types f mental health accrding t DSM and ICD: md disrders, persnality disrders, anxiety disrders, psychtic disrders, substance-related disrders, eating disrders, cgnitive disrders Strengths and limitatins f psychiatric classificatin systems Strengths, including: success in raising awareness f mental illness impact n research agenda diagnsis f disrders, e.g. depressive, behaviural, md, persnality universally accepted and recgnised standardisatin f disrders. Limitatins, including: inapprpriate categrisatin where categry nt available desn t accmmdate uniqueness f human cnditins lack f cnsideratin fr atypical presentatins nn-hlistic view f an individual incnsistent interpretatin by physicians. Alternative classificatin framewrks based n research. Indicatrs Emtinal, e.g. lw md, feeling sad r dwn, excessive fears r wrries, r extreme feelings f guilt, extreme md changes f highs and lws, inability t cpe with daily prblems r stress, truble understanding and relating t situatins and t peple. Thinking, e.g. cnfused thinking r reduced ability t cncentrate, suicidal thinking. Behaviur, e.g. excessive anger, hstility r vilence, Withdrawal frm friends and activities, detachment frm reality (delusins), parania r hallucinatins. Physical, e.g., significant tiredness, alchl r drug abuse, majr changes in eating habits, lw energy r prblems sleeping, headache, stmach pain r ther unexplained aches and pains. 3

4 What needs t be learned Learning utcme 2: Understand the impact f mental ill health n individuals and thers in their scial and emplyment netwrks Discriminatin Scial stigma, including labelling and steretypes. Difficulty finding and keeping wrk. Difficulty finding decent husing. Media reprts linking mental ill health with vilence. Effects n an individual Individual is smene requiring care r supprt; it will usually mean the persn r peple supprted by the learner. Usually the persn r peple supprted by the learner. Psychlgical and emtinal behaviur. Cnfidence and self-esteem. Physical health. Practical and financial impacts. Psitive impact, e.g. creativity and ther beneficial utcmes. Effects n family, scial r wrk netwrk Hw mental health affects family, friends r wrk clleagues, e.g. stress, anxiety, feeling helpless, feeling t blame, impatient. The utcmes f disclsure: discriminatin, labelling and stigma scial exclusin ways family members and infrmal carers are affected. The impact f being a mental health service user. The impact n the cmmunity and sciety. Interventin Ways assessment f need is used: rle f prfessinals in the assessment prcess rle f prfessinals in the diagnsis f mental ill health. Benefits f interventin. Persn-centred appraches. Ethical cnsideratins: infrmed cnsent vluntary versus cmpulsry treatment reference t the Mental Health Act Natinal Framewrk fr Mental Health. The use and impact f interventins: psychlgical treatments and therapies drug-based treatments and therapies electrcnvulsive therapy (ECT) talking therapies, including cunselling. 4

5 What needs t be learned Wellness Recvery Actin Plan (WRAP) empwerment advcacy self-management recgnising individual rights supprting individuals t adpt and maintain mentally healthy lifestyles respnding t inequality. Resurces t supprt early interventin, rganisatinal supprt, publicatins and guidelines. 5

6 Infrmatin fr tutrs Suggested resurces Bks Kinsella C et al Intrducing Mental Health: A Practical Guide (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015) ISBN Pilgrim D Key cncepts in mental health, 3rd editin (Sage, 2014) ISBN Websites Mental Health Fundatin finding and addressing the surces f mental health prblems Mind a mental health charity prviding advice and supprt fr anyne experiencing a mental health prblem. The Natinal Health Service Sane a mental health charity wrking t imprve the quality f life fr anyne affected by mental illness. 6

7 Assessment This guidance shuld be read in cnjunctin with the assciated qualificatin specificatin fr this unit. This unit is internally assessed. T pass this unit, the evidence that the learner presents fr assessment must demnstrate that they have met the required standard specified in the learning utcmes and assessment criteria, and the requirements f the assessment strategy. T ensure that the assessment tasks and activities enable learners t prduce valid, sufficient, authentic and apprpriate evidence that meets the assessment criteria, centres shuld fllw the guidance given in Sectin 8 Assessment f the assciated qualificatin specificatin and meet the requirements frm the assessment strategy given belw. Wherever pssible, centres shuld adpt an hlistic apprach t assessing the units in the qualificatin. This gives the assessment prcess greater rigur and minimises repetitin, time and the burden f assessment n all parties invlved in the prcess. Unit assessment requirements This unit must be assessed in accrdance with the assessment strategy (principles) in Annexe A f the assciated qualificatin specificatin. Assessment f bth learning utcmes (knwledge) may take place in r utside f a real wrk envirnment. 7