Mental Health, Caregiving and Neglect in Child Care

The subjects are primarily mental health, relationship development, care competence and neglect.

Including:

• history and devlopmental traces in child and adolescent psychiatry.
• different theories in psychology, perspectives and work methods.
• children and mental disorders.
• material, bio-social-psycho-cultural factors influence for development of psychiatric disorders and drug addicts related to children and adolescents.

Knowledge - Has knowledge

• about the importance of the raising environment for children and adolescents. The impact on development of relationships and mental illnes and social problems.
• of research and developmental work within the area of commitment and treatment of children.
• of the history of child psychiatry, traditions, and place in society.

Skills - Students who have completed the subject:

• can account for the importance of children and youths raising environment has for the development of psychiatric disorders and social disorders.
• can account for relationship competency in the work with children at risk and their families.
• can account for pediatric psychiatry history, traditions, and place in society. Using research litterature to evaluate and present these to enlighten a research question.
• can evaluate, discuss,care and neglect.

General competency - Students who have accomplished the subject:

• have insight in relationship competency and work ethics.
• can express knowledge about mental health, care and neglect, both written and oral.
• have insight in framewise and relationshipwise challenges when meeting children and treating them.
• have insight in child, youth and families needs for companionship and support as well as in child work responsibility.
• can reflect over own values and preconsieved attitudes when meeting people in need.
• can identify and comprehend ethical problems and dilemmas.

Lectures, groups, selfstudies.