Gain youth-specific skills and strategies to support young people experiencing mental ill-health.

Registration requirements

What you will learn:

Designed and delivered in collaboration with leading experts in the field, and young people with lived experience, this micro-credential is for qualified or trainee general practitioners, paediatricians and qualified nurses who are seeking best-practice biopsychosocial approaches when supporting young people accessing primary care for their mental health.

Explore key factors that contribute to mental ill health in young people

Build your understanding of common factors and developmental issues contributing to mental ill-health in young people, such as access to services, living conditions, and adverse childhood experiences and trauma. You’ll gain valuable insights from expert-led discussions on assessing and enhancing the mental health of young people.

Learn effective strategies to appropriately assess risk of suicide and self-harm in young people

Explore critical components for conducting a developmentally appropriate assessment of suicide and self-harm risk in young people experiencing mental ill-health. You’ll also learn the key elements for constructing collaborative risk management plans with and for young people.

Gain an evidence-informed approach for conducting interventions with young people

Access real-world case studies and world-class teaching resources designed to enhance your skills in conducting youth-friendly biopsychosocial assessments and case formulations. Learn to utilise a strengths-based approach that tailors interventions to an individual’s unique strengths and capabilities. You’ll also gain necessary brief intervention strategies for managing mental ill-health in young people.

Write a brief mental health assessment of a young person experiencing mental ill-health

Develop a biopsychosocial assessment and case formulation of a young person experiencing mental ill health that applies best practice practical approaches to clinical care in youth mental health. You’ll incorporate an effective safety management plan to manage psychological distress and gain valuable professional feedback on your work.

his micro-credential runs over eight weeks.

Workload & Assessment

Your total time commitment will be approximately 42 hours max, which includes:

• 10 hours guided study
• 18 – 22  hours self or peer learning
• 10 hours for assessment tasks

Assessment:

• Quizzes on Assessing and Enhancing Youth Mental Health in Primary Care: Weekly quiz comprising 5 questions to assess learning throughout the program (30%)
• Biopsychosocial assessment and case formulation: Written report comprising of a biopsychosocial assessment and case formulation of a young person experiencing mental ill-health based on case study material (70%).

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