Role of the Mental Health Practitioner in an Acute Setting

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On completion of this subject students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:

  1. Devise a plan of care for the acutely mentally unwell person that reflects a holistic examination and assessment of the individual.
  2. Create documents that demonstrate the access pathways and resources for the management of clients with psychiatric illnesses’.
  3. Design a crisis intervention plan detailing how this is informed by crisis intervention theories.
  4. Create a strategy to increase public awareness of mental health matters outlining contemporary treatment practices and psychosocial interventions in Australia.
  5. Deconstruct one’s own biases and assumptions of mental illness reflecting awareness and knowledge of one’s own understanding.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Notre Dame Australia

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

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

Core

• UND-MHA-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Mental Health

Elective

• UND-MHA-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Mental Health

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

• UND-NURS4024-Contemporary Mental Health Practice

• UND-NURS4025-Interpersonal Communication

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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