Best Practice in Adolescent Mental Health

Course aim

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.

Course content

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.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
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.

Assessment

Contribution, Presentation, Reflection

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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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.