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Course description

This course is designed to provide students with the foundation knowledge components required for critically engaging with the mental health field and progressing to more advanced courses. The course provides an overview of the field including the history and philosophy of mental illness and treatment from a number of different perspectives. Different systems of diagnostic assessment across the psychiatric, psychotherapeutic and constructivist approaches will be explored. Contemporary treatment approaches will then be reviewed and critiqued including the role of medications in the treatment of mental health issues. The role of evidence-based treatments will be emphasised throughout the course and students will have opportunity to critique the strengths and weaknesses of this approach. Students will be required to choose one treatment approach and diagnostic issue covered in the course to engage with in their assessment tasks.

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