Description
Must be an Australian writer
Task
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This assessment task requires you to write a scholarly paper on ‘Detained under the Mental Health Act’
Explain chosen topic
Discuss how it applies to your work as a future mental health professional
Discuss the implications of your chosen topic for people with mental illness
Discuss the implication of your chosen topic for Indigenous communities.
You may use headings, to help you to organise their work. You may use tables, but must refer to the table from the body of your paper.
Reference requirements
Use at least ten (10) reference sources in total, including:
ALL texts must be of academic standard, such as a journal article, text book, text book chapter or conference paper proceeding. Assess the quality of content in web sources very carefully. In general, website references are unlikely to provide reliable, researched information suitable for this task.
Do not reference Wikipedia, Skwirk/Red Apple, Creative Spirits and/or Australians Together as these are unreliable sources.
Use in-text citations to identify other people’s ideas and words. These in-text citations must follow the APA (6th ed.) referencing style.
Quotes must be in quotation marks and the in-text citation must include the page number.
Rationale
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Subject learning outcomes
This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:
be able to identify the laws, policies and guidelines that influence the practice of mental health professionals and the impact on clients.
be able to discuss and apply the relationship between legal and professional responsibility.
be able to describe informed consent, mandatory reporting, and freedom of information.
be able to identify steps in ethical decision-making.