Overview

This course is suitable for education and health professionals working across a range of community and clinical settings. Whether you are a teacher, psychiatrist, general practitioner, psychologist, nurse, occupational therapist, social worker or youth worker, this course will help you gain a deep understanding of the latest developments and evidence-based approaches in youth mental health and suicide prevention.

Career outcomes

As a student of this unique course, you will gain the skills and knowledge to become a leader in the field. You will enhance your capacity to work effectively with young people and your specialised body of knowledge will help advance your career and ensure you remain at the forefront of the discipline.

Pathways to further study

The Graduate Certificate in Managing Youth Self-Harm and Suicide is part of a suite of related courses in youth mental health. Students who complete the Graduate Certificate in Managing Youth Self-Harm and Suicide may be eligible to gain 25 points of credit (worth two subjects) if they decide to enrol in one of the following courses at the University of Melbourne:

• Graduate Certificate in Youth Mental Health
• Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health
• Master of Youth Mental Health.

Students who complete the Graduate Certificate in Managing Youth Self-Harm and Suicide may also be awarded advanced standing for the Professional Certificate in Youth Psychiatry offered by Orygen.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you should be able to:

• Outline the major theories of youth mental health and suicidal processes
• Describe the key risk and protective factors that underlie mental ill-health, deliberate self-harm and suicidal behaviour in young people
• Describe and apply tailored approaches to engaging and assessing young people experiencing mental ill-health
• Discuss the biological, psychological and social factors contributing to mental ill-health, self-harm and suicide-related behaviours in young people
• Prepare evidence-informed prevention, intervention and safety management strategies for deliberate self-harm and suicide-related behaviours in clinical and community settings
• Apply evidence-informed assessment strategies to identify young people at risk of deliberate self-harm or suicide
• Design and critically evaluate safety management plans for young people at risk of deliberate self-harm or suicidal behaviour