HHS202 Gender and Mental Health (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health (NRMIH)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject explores Aboriginal beliefs about gender. While a separatist approach is not recommended, there are a number of issues of both men's and women's, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, mental health that are addressed in this subject. The subject begins with an examination of to what extent gender identity is about the sense of being male or female. It then explores the contravention of Aboriginal beliefs about gender. In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander societies, women's business and men's business are discrete and segregated modes of discourse and activity upheld by strict social rules. This subject then presents gender as a significant aspect of the way psychiatry identifies a mental illness, its cause, and appropriate cure, in both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2013.Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: HHS202
Where differences exist between the handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in the Bachelor of Health Science (Mental Health) course, and Indigenous students enrolled in welfare and allied health programs
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
examine to what extent gender identity is about the sense of being male or female;
explore the contravention of Aboriginal beliefs about gender;
describe what are specific mental health issues common to both men and women, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal;
discuss gender as a significant aspect of the way psychiatry identifies a mental illness, its cause, and appropriate cure, in both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations;
determine female vulnerability to mental health problems;
determine male vulnerability to mental health problems;
give appropriate recognition of care for mental health problems which are gender specific.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Gender identity and the sense of being male or female; Gender and social rules in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander societies; Contravention of Aboriginal beliefs about gender; Specific mental health issues common to both men and women, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal; Gender as a significant aspect of the way psychiatry identifies a mental illness, its cause, and appropriate cure, in both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations; Male and female vulnerability to mental health problems: Gender and mental health Gender and anxiety disorder Gender and depression Gender and personality disorder Gender and Schizophrenia Gender and Substance abuse disorders Gender and suicide Care for people with mental health problems that are gender specific.
Residential School
This subject contains a compulsory 4 day residential school.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.