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Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health (GD-YOUTHMH) // Course structure
About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
Coordinator
Dr Paul Badcock
Contact
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Future Students: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/graduate-diploma-in-youth-mental-health/
Current Students: TL-youthmentalhealth@unimelb.edu.au
Course structure
Year 1: 50 credit points
- Semester 1:
a) Foundations of Youth Mental Health (Compulsory) – 12.5 points; level 9
b) Engaging and Assessing Young People (Compulsory) – 12.5 points; level 9
- Semester 2:
a) Development in Young People (Compulsory) – 12.5 points; level 9
b) Mental Ill-Health in Young People 1 (Compulsory) – 12.5 points; level 9
Year 2: 50 credit points
- Semester 1:
a) Mental Ill-Health in Young People 2 (Compulsory) – 12.5 points; level 9
b) Early Intervention in Mental Health (Compulsory) – 12.5 points; level 9
- Semester 2: one compulsory subject and choose one of the two elective subjects
a) Psychosocial Interventions in Youth (Compulsory) – 12.5 points; level 9
b) Biological Interventions in Youth (Elective) – 12.5 points; level 9
c) Working with Marginalised Youth (Elective) – 12.5 points; level 9
Subject options
Compulsory subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PSYT90096 | Foundations of Youth Mental Health | February (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90097 | Engaging and Assessing Young People | April (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90098 | Development in Young People | July (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90099 | Mental Ill-health in Young People 1 | September (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90100 | Mental Ill-health in Young People 2 | February (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90101 | Early Intervention in Mental Health | April (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90102 | Psychosocial Interventions with Youth | July (Online) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PSYT90103 | Biological Interventions with Youth | September (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90104 | Working with Marginalised Young People | September (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020