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Mental Illness in Young People II (PSYT90057)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
September
Overview
Availability | September - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Course content includes:
- Young people and general health issues
- Epidemiology of mental illness in young people
- Outline of clinical disorders including DSM criteria, descriptions, aetiology and course during late adolescence and early adulthood
- Mental illness and comorbidity in young people
- Psychopathology and the developmental trajectory
- Psychopathology, culture and young people
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of this subject students should be able to:
- Recognise the range of psychopathology in young people;
- Describe the range of clinical disorders which develop during late adolescence and early adulthood;
- Discuss the epidemiology of serious mental illness in young people;
- Develop a basic understanding of the relationship between developmental processes during late adolescence and the emergence of psychopathology; and
- Delineate a biopsychosocial framework for understanding the onset and course of mental illness in young people.
Generic skills
By the end of this subject students should be able to:
- Recognise the range of psychopathology in young people;
- Describe the range of clinical disorders which develop during late adolescence and early adulthood;
- Discuss the epidemiology of serious mental illness in young people;
- Develop a basic understanding of the relationship between developmental processes during late adolescence and the emergence of psychopathology; and
- Delineate a biopsychosocial framework for understanding the onset and course of mental illness in young people.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Undergraduate qualification in a health-related discipline
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Weekly quizzes on lecture content (4 multiple choice questions per week for 5 weeks and 5 multiple choice questions in the last week = 25 questions in all) | Throughout the teaching period | 25% |
Weekly contributions to graded discussion board (Constituting one original post and at least one follow up post, totally a minimum of 12 posts in all. Forum receives an overall grade according to marking criteria) | Throughout the teaching period | 25% |
Major assignment (essay)
| Week 6 | 50% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- September - Online
Principal coordinator Ally Hughes Mode of delivery Online Contact hours NIL (online only) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 September 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 13 September 2023 Census date 22 September 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 October 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023 September contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
What do these dates mean
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- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024