CMH1002

Diagnosis in mental health

(MED)

Mr S Elsom

6 points + 2 contact hours and 10 hours of study time per week + Parkville, distance + First semester

Synopsis: Classification systems for mental illness. Approaches and methods of assessment including the assessment interview, psychiatric history, symptom descriptions, family assessment, on-going assessment, uses and abuses of diagnosis, uses of assessment for management and research, and ethics of assessment.

Assessment: Study journal: 30% + Written assessment (4000 words): 70%