Interventions and Recovery in Forensic Mental Health (Clinical)

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:

  1. Describe the role of mental health and offending in the forensic mental health client population.
  2. Understand the aims and utility of the key interventions in forensic mental health.
  3. Reiterate the key issues in the delivery and use of these interventions with the forensic mental health population.
  4. Demonstrate skills in evaluating key strategies from the intervention groups presented during the trimester.
  5. Self-reflect on their practice in the field of forensic mental health.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Griffith University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• GRF-FMH-MAS-2025 - Master of Forensic Mental Health

Elective

• GRF-MCJ-MAS-2025 - Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• GRF-NRS8926 (Not currently available)

• GRF-CCJ741 (Not currently available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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