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Managing Youth Self-harm and Suicide 1 (PSYT90114)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
July
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
Availability | July - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject provides a foundational overview of deliberate self-harm and suicide-related behaviours in young people, and presents a range of evidence-informed approaches to monitor, prevent and manage self-harm and suicide risk in community and clinical settings. Subject content includes:
- The epidemiology of deliberate self-harm and suicidal behaviour in young people
- Key theoretical frameworks for understanding youth self-harm and suicidal behaviour
- Key aspects of suicidal processes
- Assessment of suicide and self-harm risk
- Suicide clusters and managing contagion
- Prevention frameworks for suicide-related behaviours
- Suicide prevention and postvention in non-clinical settings
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of this subject students should be able to:
- Describe the key risk and protective factors associated with youth self-harm and suicide
- Examine key aspects of suicidal processes
- Explain the concept of suicide clusters and methods to manage contagion
- Evaluate population health approaches to suicide prevention for young people
- Describe evidence-informed strategies for suicide prevention and postvention across a range of settings
- Identify key elements of risk assessments for suicide and self-harm, and appraise the use of structured risk assessment tools
Generic skills
Participation in this subject will enhance students’:
- Capacity to translate knowledge into practice
- Critical and analytical thinking skills
- Problem solving skills
- Written communication skills
- Time management skills
- Ability to find, evaluate and use relevant information
- Capacity for logical and independent thought
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Undergraduate degree 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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Online Quizzes of learning content – two multiple choice quizzes with 10 questions each = 20 questions in total (1% per question)
| Week 3 and Week 6 | 20% |
Graded discussion board – posting fortnightly reflections on learning content and responding to fellow students, with a minimum of 7 posts in total
| From Week 1 to Week 6 | 30% |
Written assignment
| Week 6 | 50% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- July - Online
Principal coordinator Stefanie De Silva Coordinators Paul Badcock and Chrissie Loft Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Online equivalent to 20 contact hours is made up of 10 hours of lectures and live consultation sessions, and 10 hours of asynchronous discussions and structured online tasks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 1 September 2023 Last self-enrol date 1 August 2023 Census date 4 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 25 August 2023 Assessment period ends 3 September 2023 July contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Time commitment details
Students are expected to engage in reading and preparatory work, reflection, private study, and preparation for assessment in the remaining estimated time commitment.
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- 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.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Managing Youth Self-Harm and Suicide
Last updated: 31 January 2024