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Managing Youth Self-harm and Suicide 1 (PSYT90114)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2024
Overview
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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: 8 March 2024