Best Practice in Adolescent Mental Health
Postgraduate
Postgraduate
NURS 5164
Postgraduate
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
171970
9
No
UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences
To advance the knowledge, skills and attitudes of health professionals to achieve evidence based best practice in assessing and supporting the mental health of adolescents.
Contemporary, evidence-based theories of adolescent development and implications for adolescent mental
health; trauma informed and recovery focused care; common mental health challenges experienced by cultural, gender, and ability diverse adolescents; lived experience perspectives; comprehensive narrative based mental health assessment of adolescents; mental health risk assessment; contemporary mental health assessment tools; early intervention in adolescent mental health; best practice trauma informed biopsychosocial interventions for different forms of mental illness in adolescents including de-escalation and other supportive interventions; principles and strategies of adolescent friendly mental health care; planning , implementing an evaluating adolescent friendly mental health care; adolescent mental health care coordination; codes, ethics, standards, guidelines, legislation and reform agendas in mental health practice; quality improvement and best practice in mental health care; health promotion; clinical supervision models; strategies to promote resilience; the role of leadership in providing optimal mental health care.
Nil
Nil
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE | |||
Online (Online content and discussion forum) | - x 13 Weeks | ||
Online (Online virtual classroom) | 3 hours x 1 day | ||
Online (Online virtual classroom) | 2.5 hours x 2 days |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Contribution, Presentation, Reflection
EFTSL*: 0.250
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.