Mental Health and Ageing (DL)

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Use critical skills in the preparation of assessed coursework
• Discuss the causes, symptoms, and treatments of mental illness in later life.
• Use written communication skills developed through the preparation of assessed coursework
• Critically evaluate international evidence on mental illness in later life.

The module will include online lectures covering: normal and abnormal memory changes in later life; life course determinants of mental illness in later life; the different types of dementia; how dementia alters brain physiology; theory of personhood; psychological and pharmacological therapies; loneliness in later life; and recent research priorities.

The module is taught by means of online lectures. The lectures of the module focus on mental health and ill health, with a particular focus on dementia. Examples from around the world, including developing countries, will be used where relevant. Learning activities include listening to pre-recorded lectures, tasks and problem-solving related to the lectures and independent study. Students are expected to carry out some reading in advance of each session.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.