Graduate Diploma in Mental Health (Community)

• General information
• Course structure
• Assessment
• Inquiries

General information

This course, conducted jointly by Monash University (Department of Psychological Medicine) and the University of Melbourne, is available both on-campus and via off-campus distributed learning. The course, which is conducted over two years part-time, is directed towards health care professionals working within the mental health and psychiatric disability fields who wish to upgrade and develop their practice in modern community mental health care.
Applicants must hold a degree or major studies in psychiatry, medicine, psychology, nursing, social work, physiotherapy, occupational therapy or other allied health-related disciplines.

Course structure

The first year of the course is currently being amended with four new units to be based on the following areas:

• Clinical practice essentials -- essential clinical skills, interview techniques, and diagnostic issues
• The context for mental health practice -- history of mental health practice in Australia and internationally, mental health needs of special groups
• Concepts in mental health and illness -- paradigms for research and evaluation, service delivery models
• Issues for mental health practice -- assessing mental health needs, community psychiatric practice

In second year, participants choose four of the following six elective units:

• CMH2001 Mental health of the elderly
• CMH2002 Developmental mental health (child and adolescence)
• CMH2003 Transcultural mental health
• CMH2004 Mental health in rural settings
• CMH2005 Dual disabilities
• CMH2006 Advanced psychological interventions

Assessment

Assessment will be in the form of written reports or essays demonstrating understanding and integration of the material provided.

Inquiries

Inquiries should be directed to the Postgraduate Administrative Officer, Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168 on telephone (03) 9594 1479. Email psychological.medicine@med.monash.edu.au

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