Course description

This course provides the knowledge required for provision of a range of mental health interventions to a broad range of treatment applications. The course will also provide essential knowledge required for working with different age groups, families, groups and people from different cultural backgrounds. This course includes elective learning activities and choice with respect to assessment items (e.g. essay topics). Students enrolled in a specialist study plan or seeking recognition by a professional body should consult the study plan handbook when making decisions about elective learning activities and choice of assessment items. These courses cover topics such as: expressive therapies, cognitive behaviour therapies, systemic therapies, psychodynamic therapies, psychodynamic therapies, psychopharmacology, working with children and adolescents, working with families, working with groups, working with older people, working with minorities, case management in mental health. The course creates the foundation for the development of specialist practice knowledge during the second year of the program.

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