Master of Health Sciences (Infant and Parent Mental Health) (Coursework)

Comments about Master of Health Sciences (Infant and Parent Mental Health) (Coursework) - On Campus - Parkville - Victoria

• Objectives
  On completion of this course participants will have: * gained an increased knowledge of clinical skills, developed in assessing and treating infants and families with mental health problems; and * developed expertise in direct clinical work, consultation and liaison, early intervention and research.
• Academic title
  Master of Health Sciences (Infant and Parent Mental Health) (Coursework)
• Course description
  Core Subjects
  
  Subject     Semester     Credit Points
  554-620  Clinical Seminar 1
  Students will present their own clinical work in the seminar groups. The seminar content will include: the development of skills in selecting appropriate assessment techniques;different therapeutic modalities (developmental guidance, infant parent ps...     Year Long     15
  
  554-626  Psychopathology 1
  This subject will focus on: the clinical features;aetiology;epidemiology;severity and prognosis of regulatory disorders;psychosomatic illness;attachment and interactional problems;reactive disorders;parental psychopathology; andinfant mental health p...     Year Long     10
  
  554-629  Infant Mental Health Practice 1
  Principles and practices of assessment and diagnosis including: assessment of infants;infant-parent relationship;parents and the familial and psychosocial environment; andtreatment approaches to infant mental health problems including:interactional g...     Year Long     10
  
  554-623  Research for Infant Mental Health Pract.
  This subject will equip students to: utilise and contribute to research in the infant mental health field;identify research needs and formulate research questions; andbe able to select research strategies to appropriately answer research questions.     Semester 2     5
  
  554-621  Clinical Seminar 2
  Students will present their own clinical work in the seminar groups. The seminar content will include: the selection of appropriate assessment techniques;specialised assessments including assessments of parenting capacity;protective assessments;the s...     Year Long     15
  
  554-627  Psychopathology 2
  The subject covers: the clinical features;aetiology;epidemiology;severity and prognosis of developmental disorders;traumatised infants;infants at risk of and who have suffered neglect and abuse; andinfants at high risk including infants with parents ...     Year Long     10
  
  554-628  Research Project
  Students will be expected to research and submit a written thesis on a topic pertinent to infant mental health practice.     Year Long     25
  
  554-630  Infant Mental Health Practice 2
  This subject will look at: principles and practice of assessment and diagnosis;assessment of infants;infant-parent relationship;parents and the familial and psychosocial environment;theoretical foundations of different therapeutic processes;treatment...     Year Long     10

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