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Biological Interventions (PSYT90043)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online

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Course content includes:

  • Biological theories of vulnerability and onset of mental illness in young people
  • Optimal pharmacotherapy with young people
  • Providing psychoeducation to patients and families
  • Integrating biological with psychosocial interventions

Intended learning outcomes

By the end of this subject students should be able to:



  • Delineate biological models of the aetiology of serious mental illness in young people;
  • Outline the effects and side-effects of optimal biological interventions for the onset of serious mental illness in young people; and
  • Educate patients and families regarding the effects and side-effects of optimal biological interventions for the onset of serious mental illness.

Generic skills

By the end of this subject students should be able to:

  • Delineate biological models of the aetiology of serious mental illness in young people;
  • Outline the effects and side-effects of optimal biological interventions for the onset of serious mental illness in young people;
  • Educate patients and families regarding the effects and side-effects of optimal biological interventions for the onset of serious mental illness.

Last updated: 3 November 2022