Section: 6.1 - Community Mental Health | Mental Health Nursing | NextGenU.org

  • Student Learning Outcomes:
    • Describe the community mental health treatment systems.
    • Discuss the primary prevention of mental illness in the community.
    • Discuss the tertiary prevention of mental illness in the community.
    • Describe the role of the nurse in community mental health.
    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 3 hours and 57 minutes.

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      Required Learning Resources and Activities
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      'Community Mental Health' URL
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      Read the description of community mental health. (1 minute)

      Americal Psychological Association

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      Community Mental Health Care Worldwide URL
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      Read from section ‘Defining community mental health care’  to ‘Possible adverse effects of deinstitutionalization’. (26 minutes)

      World Psychiatry Journal

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      Types of Mental Health Treatment Settings and Levels of Care URL
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      Read the entire article. (6 minutes)

      North Texas Help

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      Eight Dimensions of Wellness URL
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      Read the entire page. (1 minute)

      Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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      Social Determinants of Mental Health URL
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      Open the document and read from pages 17 to 37. Blue boxes are optional reading. (31 minutes)

      World Health Organization

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      Primary Prevention of Mental Health Conditions URL
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      Read pages 6-7, 14-28. (55 minutes)

      Victorian Health Promotion Foundation

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      Effective Parenting and Child Resilience Programs URL
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      Read pages 19-27. (17 minutes)

      Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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      Multilevel Suicide Intervention Studies URL
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      Read the section ‘Multilevel suicide intervention studies informing MISP-NZ’. (7 minutes)

      BMC Public Health Journal

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      Community Components in Mental Health Care from Reviewed Literature URL
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      Read section ‘4.1. Community Components in Mental Health Care from Reviewed Literature’. (6 minutes).

      International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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      Home-Based Aftercare for Patients with Severe Mental Disorders URL
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      Read the abstract. (1 minute)

      Community Mental Health Journal

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      Disaster Behavioral Health URL
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      Read the entire article. (3 minutes)

      Public Health Emergency, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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      Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) URL
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      Read the description of ACT. (1 minute)

      Office of Mental Health, New York State

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      The Role of Nursing in Community Mental Health URL
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      Read the entire article. (21 minutes)

      Americal Journal of Nursing Studies

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      Nursing and Public Education on Mental Health URL
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      Read the abstract. (1 minute)

      Psychiatric Nursing Journal

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      Slide Deck Presentation
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      Topic: Community Mental Health URL
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      Quiz: Unit 6.1

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