Biological Interventions

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

170 hours

Undergraduate qualification in a health-related discipline

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Course content includes:

• Biological theories of vulnerability and onset of mental illness in young people
• Optimal pharmacotherapy with young people
• Providing psychoeducation to patients and families
• Integrating biological with psychosocial interventions

By the end of this subject students should be able to:

• Delineate biological models of the aetiology of serious mental illness in young people;
• Outline the effects and side-effects of optimal biological interventions for the onset of serious mental illness in young people; and
• Educate patients and families regarding the effects and side-effects of optimal biological interventions for the onset of serious mental illness.

• 25% weekly quizzes on lecture content (4 multiple choice questions per week for 5 weeks and 5 multiple choice questions in the last week = 25 questions in all)
• 25% graded contribution to discussion board (weekly contributions to the graded discussion board constituting one original post and at least one follow up post, totally a minimum of 12 posts in all. Forum receives an overall grade according to marking criteria)
• 50% major assignment (essay), 3,000 words, due Week 6

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

By the end of this subject students should be able to:

• Delineate biological models of the aetiology of serious mental illness in young people;
• Outline the effects and side-effects of optimal biological interventions for the onset of serious mental illness in young people;
• Educate patients and families regarding the effects and side-effects of optimal biological interventions for the onset of serious mental illness.