Handbook home
Early Intervention in Mental Health (PSYT90101)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable (login required)(opens in new window)
Contact information
April
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
| Availability | April - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject provides an overview of the framework for prevention and early intervention in public health, including how this framework can be applied in youth mental health. The content includes:
- The prevention and early intervention framework
- Universal prevention approaches in youth mental health
- Selective prevention approaches in youth mental health
- Indicated prevention approaches in youth mental health
- Mental health promotion
- Evidence-informed community awareness programs
- Evidence-informed school-based mental health prevention
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of this subject students should be able to:
- Outline models of mental health promotion
- Explain community focused strategies for the universal prevention of mental ill-health in young people
- Explain community focused strategies for the indicated prevention of mental ill-health in young people
- Discuss the evidence and rationale for early detection and intervention in young people
- Explain strategies for the selective prevention of mental ill-health in young people
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