Mental Health, Mental Ill Health and Suicide (8ALK001)

Mental Health, Mental Ill Health and Suicide (8ALK001)

Level ~ Graduate Certificate
Availability ~ All teaching periods
Type ~ Lifespan Unit

Credit Points: 5| EFTSL: 0.042

Hours of Study:

Award: 50 | Microcredential: 50 |Professional Development (participation): 20

Assessment Type: Quiz  | Due Date: Sunday Week 5

Whether clinician or concerned community member, improving mental health and wellbeing and reducing deaths from suicide requires common understanding of core paradigms. Unless we talk the same language, we cannot contribute constructively to the integrated care Australian Mental Health policy aspires to, and Australians need.

This unit introduces the learner to key concepts of mental health and wellbeing, mental ill health, mental illness and suicide. It then unpacks core paradigms used to understand these experiences and establish goals of individuals and services: recovery, enablement, trauma informed care, biopsychosocial approaches and suicide prevention.

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Learning Outcomes

Credit Points: 5 | Hours of Study: 50 | EFTSL: 0.042

Whether clinician or concerned community member, improving mental health and wellbeing and reducing deaths from suicide requires common understanding of core paradigms. Unless we talk the same language, we cannot contribute constructively to the integrated care Australian Mental Health policy aspires to, and Australians need.

This unit introduces the learner to key concepts of mental health and wellbeing, mental ill health, mental illness and suicide. It then unpacks core paradigms used to understand these experiences and establish goals of individuals and services: recovery, enablement, trauma informed care, biopsychosocial approaches and suicide prevention.


Weekly Schedule
Week 1 Models of mental illness, ill health and wellbeing
Week 2 Recovery oriented care and trauma informed practice
Week 3 Suicide prevention: population approaches
Week 4 Suicide prevention: individual practice and experience
Week 5 Improving outcomes in your context