Clinical Placement 3A (7cr)

Objective

- You encounter the client/patient and their close ones as experts and agents of their own lives
- You are able to utilize information about key mental health disorders and psychiatric illnesses
- You are able to apply essential methods of mental health and substance abuse care
- You are able to use early intervention methods
- You are able to assess the needs and resources of the client/patient and support their commitment to treatment
- You are able to plan and implement care and interventions that promote health and functional capacity
- You are able to document in a structured and purposeful manner
- You are able to work in multidisciplinary teams and networks
- You are familiar with the client’s/patient’s care pathway and the key actors in the mental health and substance abuse care and service system

Content

- Collaborative relationship and therapeutic interaction with mental health and substance abuse clients and their close ones
- Assessment of the resources and treatment needs of mental health and substance abuse clients
- Key methods of mental health and substance abuse care and early intervention
- Multidisciplinary and network-based work