PSY500 Crisis Intervention
- ECTS Credits:
- 15
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences
- Course Leaders:
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- Per Arne Lidbom
- Tore Dag Bøe
- Gunnhild Ruud Lindvig
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian
- Duration:
- 1 term
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Mental health care, Interdisciplinary Education
- Master's programme in Psychosocial health
Teaching language
NorwegianPrerequisites
PSY418 Introduction to Mental Health Work
PSY419 Organization and Interaction of Mental Health Services
Recommended prerequisites
PSY417 Service User Perspectives in Community Mental Health
Course contents
In this course the student is challenged in concrete practical situations, and the knowledge is developed in action. The student gets experiences from how mental health work is exercised towards people in mental crises.
Central topics:
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people in movement and development - about crises, crisis understanding and coping with crises
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experiences and research from studies on recovery processes
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community mental health work in a user perspective - in different contexts
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conditions for creating supportive relationships with people in mental crises
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open dialogues with people in crisis - to endure uncertainty and being in motion
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dialogue as goal and work method in interventions with families and networks - network dialogues in practice
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ethical action in clinical practice - about considerations of principles of autonomy, charity, righteousness and non-injury
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independent, mature people and people seeking help and care - about complexity and ambiguous claims in practice
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will have:
sound knowledge of what creates crises and how crises can be coped with;
skills in linguistic informative and formative functions in open dialogues with people in crises, and the ability to create dialogues between all the persons/parties involved, securing that all voices will be heard;
knowledge of what people themselves describe as important factors to recover after mental crises;
knowledge, skills and attitudes related to what consequences community mental health work has for all involved parties and their surroundings, including crisis handling locally in and with networks and local communities;
skills and experience related to community mental health work based on people´s own experience and thoughts about what may help them carry on in their lives;
skills and experience related to critical and ethical reflection on their own and others´ practice;
insight into research, evaluation and quality assurance of mental health work related to crisis intervention.
Examination requirements
The clinical studies and other compulsory parts of the course must be approved.
Please refer to the course brochure for details.
Teaching methods
Lectures / Conferences
Seminars
Seminars are compulsory and 80 % certified attendance is required.
Practical studies (150 hours)
Work placements and organisation of the practical studies will be prepared and approved by the university. 90 % certified attendance is required. See the course brochure for details.
Supervision
Tutorials will stimulate to the development of practical knowledge in crisis intervention. The students´ clinical studies are in focus, stimulating professional and personal growth and development. Supervision is compulsory. 90 % certified attendance is required.
Self-study
Estimated student workload in this course is approx. 405 hours.
Evaluation
The study programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.
Assessment methods and criteria
A graded 6-hour written individual examination.
Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
Course | Reduction of Credits |
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PSY500 – Crisis Intervention | 15 |