Care of the Child & Family with Life Limiting Illness

Over the past two decades, the health policy of successive governments in Ireland and other EU countries has been to focus service provision on people who experience serious mental health problems. Policy endeavours led to the publication of “Vision for Change” (DoHC, 2006). A recovery approach should inform all aspects of service delivery with service users as partners in their own care (DoHC, 2006). This new vision commits to new initiatives including development of the community service sector.
                                      
There are five units in this module:
Unit 1: Psychosocial interventions in the management of the mentally ill client
This unit introduces psychosocial interventions as an approach to the management of mental health issues.
Unit 2: The Stress Vulnerability Model
This unit explores the importance of the Stress Vulnerability Model to application of psychosocial interventions.
Unit 3: The recovery approach in mental health care
This unit examines the “recovery” concept in mental health care.
Unit 4: Assessing the mentally ill client
This unit looks at a variety of assessment approaches for use in mental health practice. Assessment scales are also introduced and examined.

Target Market
This module would be of use to any health care worker who aims to develop understanding of the theoretical underpinning for a skilled application of psychosocial interventions.