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To support the growing demand for both mental health services and mental health understanding, the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI Higher Education) is offering free access to a unit from its Mental Health courses.
The free unit can be taken for professional development or as an entry into a course in mental health. It is suitable for those with clinical and non-clinical backgrounds.
You obtain a Statement of Attainment upon completion.
Completion of this unit equals 50 hours of stackable credit towards the 600 hours needed to complete the accredited Graduate Certificate Applied Mental Health Studies award course.
Availability: All teaching periods Type: Lifespan Unit
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.
Define and describe mental health, mental ill health and suicide as core paradigms with demonstration of the interfaces that exist between them.
Describe and assess the implications of recovery, enablement and trauma while considering biopsychosocial understandings of mental ill health.
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Towards our award courses
Delivered by leaders in Mental Health
That can be applied in your work setting
“Regardless of your own experience, collective growth lies in a shift toward values-based priorities [...] This kind of reflection is leading many to consider the critical importance of good mental health.”
Dr Susan Grimes | Director, Mental Health and Higher Education
"The learning environment of HETI’s online education was underpinned by the principles of adult learning. It was interactive, flexible, relevant, applicable to practice and conducted in a supportive environment."
Katrina Shade | HETI Higher Education Graduate
At HETI Higher Education your learning will be enriched by:
An emphasis on applying skills to your unique practice setting
Flexible and supported online learning environment
Recovery-oriented, contemporary, evidence-based curriculum
Diverse interdisciplinary learning community
Responsive student support – we’re small enough to know you personally
A choice of study options, including: award or professional development
Pathways and the option to study single units
Scholarships and student representation opportunities
FEE-HELP loans for eligible students
