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CMH5110 Assessment in Mental Health
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
Credit Points: 20
 
Description:
Mental Health professionals are frequently the point-of-first-contact with a person suffering from an acute mental illness. Accurately and quickly assessing these potentially volatile people is a crucial mental health skill. Various approaches to assessing the mentally ill in the community that are both responsive to the needs of the wider community, as well as the mentally ill individuals and their families will be explored.


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This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets
L54Graduate Certificate in Mental Health
L53Graduate Diploma in Mental Health
L68Master of Healthcare Studies
 
 
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014