Psychological Health and Illness

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion you will be able to:

  1. Evaluate and integrate knowledge about a range of individual, social and cultural factors that influence psychological health and illness
  2. Characterise the contributing factors, perspectives, and diagnostic approaches in clinical case studies, including individual differences and culture.
  3. Critically review the literature to produce a sound written argument.
  4. Work cohesively as a group to deliver a professional oral presentation.
  5. Critically analyse different theoretical, clinical, and public health perspectives on psychological health and illness.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About La Trobe University

Entry requirements

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

• LTU-PSY2PRM-Psychological Research Methods

and one of

• LTU-PSY2DEV-Developmental Psychology
• LTU-PSY2SOC-Social Psychology

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Others

Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed PSY2ACH (Abnormal, Clinical and Health Psychology) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.

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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