Learning Outcomes:
1. Examine and discuss the role of biopsychosocial interventions in the care and treatment of core mental disorders.
2. Explore the evolution of personal beliefs about the nature of mental health, illness and
recovery in the context of biopsychosocial beliefs and how these can be merged into effective nursing practice
3. Explain the concepts associated with the range of therapeutic approaches utilized in
mental health nursing practice and service delivery, identify and demonstrate how
therapeutic approaches can be adapted and integrated into personal practice to assist service
users and their families recover.
4. Demonstrate mastery in initiating relationship, building rapport, establishing therapeutic
alliance and evaluating outcome of a collection of biopsychosocial interventions for patients/service user and families.
5. Critically reflect on personal learning with regard to personal knowledge, skills and
competencies for working in a multi-therapeutically informed team to benefit mental health services users and their
families
6. Debate the strengths and limitatons of the various biopsychosocial interventions and how they can be used to complement each other in a comprehensive plan of care.