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Mental Health Issues Across the Lifespan (PSYC90010)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
12th floor Redmond Barry Building (Building 115 Map)
Telephone: + 61 3 8344 6377
Overview
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The objective of this subject is for students to develop an understanding of mental health across different stages of the lifespan, from infancy through to older adulthood. Six seminars will cover infancy, early and middle childhood, and adolescence. These lectures will focus on topics such as the developmental tasks of infancy, childhood and adolescence, the attachment relationship and implications for mental health, commonly presenting difficulties at different developmental stages, and approaches to engagement, assessment and intervention with young people and families at each stage. Six lectures will address topics of clinical relevance to older adults. These include life transitions, normal development and cognitive change in later life, theroretical models of ageing, models for psychological intervention with older adults and how intervention might be modified in light of maturational and contextual variables, and psychological intervention in people with dementia and their families.
Intended learning outcomes
To provide students with an opportunity to:
- Gain an understanding of mental health issues pertinent to different stages of the lifespan
- Develop the skills necessary to critically evaluate theoretical approaches to assessment and intervention at these different life stages, and to select the most appropriate and evidence-based interventions
- Develop the skills and knowledge necessary to provide clinical assessment and intervention services to individuals and families at different developmental stages
Generic skills
- Advanced information interpretations skills
- Advanced analytic, integration and problem solving skills
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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PSYC90003 | Research Proposal | Year Long (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
PSYC90006 | Basic Interventions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
PSYC90007 | Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
PSYC90029 | Graduate Research Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
PSYC90031 | Introduction to Psychopathology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Completion of APAC approved psychology studies to fourth-year (Honours) level.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- A mid-semester written assignment of 1500 words based on case material provided in class and related to work with infants, children, and/or adolescents (50% of final mark)
- An end-of-semester written assignment of 1500 words based on case material provided in class and related to work with adults (50% of final mark)
- Attendance at class is compulsory and an attendance rate of 80% or above is required for satisfactory completion of the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Rowena Conroy Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1.5 hours of lectures/seminars per week for 12 weeks. Total time commitment 54 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
12th floor Redmond Barry Building (Building 115 Map)
Telephone: + 61 3 8344 6377
Time commitment details
54 Hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
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Last updated: 3 November 2022