Lay the foundation with skills and knowledge needed to be a well-rounded mental health professional.
Learn from clinically active academics and gain a contemporary understanding of emerging trends in mental health care.
Develop skills through evidence-based theories and knowledge that can be applied immediately in practice or hospital setting.
The units in the online postgraduate courses in mental health have been designed to develop the skills required to effectively respond to challenges across a diverse range of mental health fields. You will learn to enhance your own practice, with the most up-to-date and clinically relevant knowledge embedded throughout the coursework. To gain your Graduate Certificate in Mental Health, you will study 4 core units. You can choose which units you will study from the list below.
This unit will expose you to critical exploration and practical application of the core contexts of mental health within the Australian healthcare system.
This unit emphasises the life stage and bio-psycho-social contexts specifically related to providing effective engagement and interventions with children, adolescents and older persons.
This unit explores the experiences of people with complex mental health presentations, co-morbidity and risk behaviours.
Develop a deeper knowledge of psychological approaches and models of understanding that influence a consumer taking constructive change that supports recovery.
Enhance understanding and capability of mental health to ensure patient physical health needs are being addressed within holistic mental health assessment, diagnosis and interventions.
This unit explores the varied roles of a mental health professional in the 21st century.
Upon finishing your Graduate Certificate in Mental Health, if you want to continue studying, you can apply for the Graduate Diploma of Mental Health or Master of Mental Health and receive advanced standing towards the units you have already completed.
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I have been able to implement the skills I have learned already! I now spend more time using Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Skills to facilitate more engagement and I see positive results, for example, individuals exercise more.
Cassandra Plesman
Master of Mental Health Nursing Student and Registered Nurse
Make time and do (this course). It is worth it and will help save the lives of those struggling. To be fully equipped is worth it and the patients will trust you more with their lives to recover from a relapse.
Victoria Koriaty
Online Graduate Diploma in Mental Health
As a mother of two children, and working as a Clinical Coordinator at St Vincent's Private Hospital, studying a MHL at SCU Online has provided flexibility for study time, family life and work committments.
Donna Kelly
Master of Healthcare Leadership Graduate and Clinical Coordinator at St Vincents Private Hospital
Our students work in a variety of mental health roles across Australia in both public and private healthcare. The study builds your capabilities to provide appropriate mental health care and will set you up to work in a range of community and healthcare settings. Below are some of the roles our mental health master's students work in.
