Theories of Adolescent Development

This subject is not offered in 2011.

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• Vulnerability to serious mental illness;
• Understanding the transition from vulnerability to prodrome and the onset of serious mental illness in young people;
• Models of primary and secondary prevention as applied to serious mental illness in young people;
• Community development strategies to enhance "case finding"; and
• Opportunities and strategies for prevention of secondary morbidity.

• 100% : One written assignment (3000 words max).

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Outline models of health promotion;
• Discuss the evidence and rationale for early detection and intervention in the treatment of serious mental illness in young people;
• Design community focussed strategies for primary and secondary prevention of serious mental illness in young people; and
• Design psychosocial treatment strategies in the prevention of secondary morbidity.