Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (PSYT90006)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75Online and On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
Contact information
January
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
| Availability | January - Online January - On Campus |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject will provide students with the opportunity to view the evolution of human behaviour through the life cycle from a developmental perspective.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Describe key developmental life stages through childhood and adolescence
- Describe key developmental psychological, social and biological factors involved in normal and abnormal development through childhood and adolescence
- Describe key developmental psychological, social and biological factors involved in the onset, progression, natural history and treatment options in specific common child and adolescent psychiatric disorders
- Analyse key continuities and discontinuities between adult and child and adolescent psychiatric practice
- Apply the bio-psycho-social approach to the assessment and treatment of child and adolescent disorders at different developmental stages
- Critically reflect on the influences of chronic illness, impairment, disability and handicap on development at an individual, interpersonal, family and social level
- Transfer theoretical readings and synthesis of the available evidence base into key ideas, and develop skills in succinct communication (orally and in professional written form) of these ideas to ones peers.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Oral presentation as part of a series of related presentations and discussion
| During the teaching period | 40% |
Written essay on child and adolescent psychiatry
| Two weeks after oral presentation | 60% |
| Hurdle requirement: 75% attendance of sessions (for face to face students) OR 75% completion of online modules (for online students) | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: Fieldwork - either: 3 RANZCP workplace based assessments (WBAs) by workplace supervisors (approx. 90min each, or more time depending on competency), OR 3 Workplace Practical Activity Log sheets (WPALs) to be taken away and then checked by the subject coordinator after submission. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- January - Online
Principal coordinator Mahesh Jayaram Coordinator Tejas Golhar Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 Total time commitment 250 hours Pre teaching start date 20 January 2025 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students should familiarise themselves with the online platform and may like to take the opportunity to read through preliminary information about the subject and the services and support that is available to them. Students are encouraged to use this time to also introduce themselves to peers and teaching staff and to learn about those they will be studying with throughout the term. Teaching period 27 January 2025 to 18 April 2025 Last self-enrol date 21 January 2025 Census date 14 February 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 April 2025 Assessment period ends 16 May 2025 January contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
- January - On Campus
Coordinators Mahesh Jayaram and Tejas Golhar Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 12 weeks x 3.5 hour seminars Total time commitment 250 hours Teaching period 27 January 2025 to 18 April 2025 Last self-enrol date 12 February 2025 Census date 21 February 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 11 April 2025 Assessment period ends 16 May 2025
Time commitment details
250 hours
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: 4 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
- Quay, H C, Werry, J S (eds) (1986) Psychopathological Disorders of Childhood, 3rd edition. John Wiley & Sons, New York
- Rutter, M (ed) Developmental Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Press, Washington DC, 1987
- Rutter, M., Taylor E. (eds) (2002) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Modern Approaches, 4th edition, Blackwell Scientific, Oxford
- Rutter M, Tumma, Lann (eds) (11988) Assessment and Diagnosis in Child Psychopathology, Guildford Press, New York
- Subject notes
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (CAP), subject to applicants meeting the entry requirements for the course.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Psychiatry Course Master of Psychiatry - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Students wishing to take this subject under Community Access must meet the course entry requirements to be eligible.
Last updated: 4 March 2025