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Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health (GD-YOUTHMH)
Graduate DiplomaYear: 2019 Delivered: Online
About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
Contact
Principal Coordinator
Paul Badcock
Overview
Award title | Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health |
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Year & campus | 2019 — Parkville |
Fees information | Subject EFTSL, level, discipline and census date |
Study level & type | Graduate Coursework |
AQF level | 8 |
Credit points | 100 credit points |
Duration | 24 months part-time |
The Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health has been developed by the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Youth Mental Health in collaboration with Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health to strengthen the capacity of the youth mental health workforce both nationally and internationally. The course is designed for health-care professionals working in a range of clinical and community contexts, and draws on contributions by world-leading experts in the field to provide students with the latest theory, research and evidence-based approaches in this specialised area of mental health.
The course is delivered wholly online and is offered as a nested program, allowing students to exit with a Graduate Certificate after 1 year of part-time study. Upon completing the Graduate Diploma, students who meet the minimum academic requirements (i.e., an average of 70% across the course) can also choose to progress to the Master of Youth Mental Health.
Links to further information
https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/graduate-diploma-in-youth-mental-health
Entry requirements
1. In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed:
either
- an undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline such as Health Science, Social Work, Psychology, Medicine, or related discipline; or
- an undergraduate degree or equivalent in any discipline, and at least two years of documented relevant professional work experience; or
- at least six years of documented relevant professional work experience, including clear evidence of career development, professional writing, and professional achievement or practice comparable to that expected of undergraduate degree holders in cognate disciplines.
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.
2. In ranking applications, the Selection Committee will consider:
- prior academic performance; and, if relevant
- professional experience.
3. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments.
4. Applicants are required to satisfy the university’s English language requirements for postgraduate courses. For those applicants seeking to meet these requirements by one of the standard tests approved by the Academic Board, performance band 6.5 is required.
Notes:
Applicants with the following may be awarded up to 100 points of credit (advanced standing) in the Master of Youth Mental Health:
- a Graduate Diploma of Youth Mental Health with at least an H2B (70%) weighted average or equivalent.
Applicants with the following may be awarded up to 50 points of credit (advanced standing):
- a Graduate Certificate of Youth Mental Health with at least an H2B (70%) weighted average or equivalent.
Quotas may be applied.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Objectives, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.
It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Outline and discuss the major theories of youth development and mental health
- Describe and apply tailored approaches to engaging and assessing young people experiencing mental ill-health
- Identify and assess the early signs of a range of serious mental illnesses in young people
- Identify and differentiate key features of the various types of mental ill-health in young people
- Identify and discuss the biological, psychological and social risk factors that underlie mental ill-health in young people
- Identify and discuss the biological, psychological and social protective factors that contribute to young people’s resilience and promote recovery from mental ill-health
- Identify and describe the range of best-practice psychosocial and biological interventions for different types of mental ill-health in young people
- Identify and discuss recent advances in the prevention and early intervention of mental ill-health in young people
- Design and critically evaluate prevention and early intervention approaches to youth mental health
- Describe optimal biological and psychosocial interventions that are applicable to the various stages of serious mental illness and sensitive to the developmental tasks facing young people
- Prepare treatment plans applicable to the different stages of mental illness that are sensitive to the developmental tasks facing young clients of mental health services
- Match optimal approaches to the treatment of young people to impatient, community-based and home-based contexts
- Apply critically reflective, evidence-based approaches to youth mental health practice
- Critically analyse scientific research papers
Generic skills
The Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health should enhance students’:
- Capacity to translate knowledge into practice
- Critical and analytical thinking skills
- Problem solving skills
- Written communication skills
- Capacity for logical and independent thought
- Information management skills
- Time management skills
- Ability to find, evaluate and use relevant information
- Skills in information technology
- Ethical awareness and practice
Graduate attributes
A. Knowledge
Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health will have advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in the specialized discipline of youth mental health.
B. Skills
Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health will have developed:
- cognitive skills to review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and identify and provide solutions to complex problems
- cognitive skills to think critically and to generate and evaluate complex ideas
- specialised technical and creative skills in a field of professional practice
- communication skills to demonstrate an understanding of theoretical concepts
- communication skills to transfer complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences
C. Application of knowledge and skills
Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health will demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills:
- to make high level, independent judgements in a range of functions in varied specialized contexts
- to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate broad functions within varied specialized contexts with responsibility and accountability for personal outputs and all aspects of the work or function of others within broad parameters
Course structure
Students who do not achieve a weighted average mark of at least H2B (70%) in the first year of the Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health are not eligible to continue to the final year of the program.
Year 1: 50 credit points
Semester 1:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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PSYT90096 | Foundations of Youth Mental Health | March (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90097 | Engaging and Assessing Young People | April (Online) |
12.5 |
Semester 2:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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PSYT90098 | Development in Young People | July (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90099 | Mental Ill-health in Young People 1 | September (Online) |
12.5 |
Year 2: 50 credit points
Semester 1:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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PSYT90100 | Mental Ill-health in Young People 2 | March (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90101 | Early Intervention in Mental Health | April (Online) |
12.5 |
Semester 2:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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PSYT90102 | Psychosocial Interventions with Youth | July (Online) |
12.5 |
One of the following four elective subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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PSYT90103 | Biological Interventions with Youth | September (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90104 | Working with Marginalised Young People | September (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90107 | Reflective Youth Mental Health Practice | July (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90110 | Youth Mental Health Services | July (Online) |
12.5 |
Subject options
Compulsory subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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PSYT90096 | Foundations of Youth Mental Health | March (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 | March (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 |
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PSYT90103 | Biological Interventions with Youth | September (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90104 | Working with Marginalised Young People | September (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90107 | Reflective Youth Mental Health Practice | July (Online) |
12.5 |
PSYT90110 | Youth Mental Health Services | July (Online) |
12.5 |
Further study
Graduates may progress to the Master of Youth Mental Health and a range of other graduate coursework programs.
Last updated: 18 December 2020