HNN709 - Mental Health Triage and Emergency Psychiatry
Unit details
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| Offering information: | Not offered 2013 |
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| Enrolment modes: | (X) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | Must have completed an undergraduate degree or equivalent in Health |
| Unit chair: | N Sands (S) |
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Content
This cross-disciplinary elective unit expands on the student’s knowledge of mental health care to focus on mental health triage across the lifespan. The unit critically explores triage systems, mental health triage in emergency and community settings, the core competencies of mental health triage, psychiatric assessment, crisis assessment and brief intervention, comprehensive risk assessment, mental health telephone triage, medico-legal issues, consumer perspectives, and triage documentation.
Assessment
Assignment 1 (3000 words) 50%, assignment 2 (2000 words) 50%