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This course aims to provide students from a range of health related disciplines with an overview of contemporary and evidenced-based approaches to the delivery of mental health care. Students will gain an appreciation of the historical context of mental health care and develop a range of assessment and intervention skills that can be applied in a range of mental health settings. The choice of an elective unit offers students the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in a range of specialised mental health care contexts. The course also enables students to critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various management strategies for supporting clients with a mental illness in the community.

Deepen your understanding of mental health care so that you can support clients in a clinical health setting. Get to know current treatment approaches and discover how to conduct assessments. Use your certificate as a stepping stone into further postgraduate study.

Graduate Certificate in Mental Health

Understand the human mind and how it drives behaviour.La Trobe&#39;s Bachelor of Psychological Science will prepare you for a career as a professional psychologist, or in a psychology-related field across industries from clinical psychology to human services and marketing.Elective subjects with a choice of minor sequences in Human Relationships and Neuroscience gives you the flexibility to work towards the career you want. You&#39;ll learn:<ul><li>Analytical, research and communication skills<ul><li>Learn skills that are essential to your future career in psychology.</li></ul></li><li>Clinical and health psychology<ul><li>Gain an understanding of how to help people cope with mental and physical disorders.</li></ul></li><li>Developmental and social psychology<ul><li>Understand how environmental factors contribute to peoples&#39; psychological makeup.</li></ul></li><li>Psychological assessment, intervention and research<ul><li>Become familiar with methods to understand and measure people&#39;s psychological state.</li><li>Learn when and how to intervene and how to conduct research.</li></ul></li></ul>

From public health to business, this course opens a range of career pathways in addition to professional psychology. You’ll study the scientific foundations of psychology, and zoom in on human relationships or neuroscience. Includes research methods.

Bachelor of Psychological Science

Psychology encompasses aspects of human behaviour using tested theoretical framework to examine, explain and predict what we do as individuals and in groups. This Higher Education Certificate leads students into a general applied psychology program.

This is your introduction to formal studies of the human mind. Study 4 core subjects in psychology—and get entry and credit in Curtin’s Bachelor Degree. Explore individual and group behaviour. Start thinking about your career as a psychologist.

Undergraduate Certificate in Psychology

Why do people behave the way that they do? How do thoughts, feelings, and emotions all intersect? How can we scientifically study the mind and its functions? Our three-year, fully online, accredited Bachelor of Psychology provides you with answers to these questions and more.In this course, you will learn about the psychological processes that underlie behaviour, as well as receive training in the analysis of data and research methodologies. You will graduate from Macquarie University’s Bachelor of Psychology ready to work in a range of settings, including health, social welfare, human resources, market research, social policy, and more. As the degree is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC), completing the degree will provide you with opportunities to undertake additional honours and postgraduate study, which could lead to registration as a psychologist. Worried about putting life on hold while you complete your degree? No need to worry. Our degree can be taken part-time and from anywhere, so you can make your psychology degree work for you.Support during your courseMacquarie University’s School of Psychological Sciences is well equipped to support you throughout your psychology degree. With two dedicated course directors to assist you with planning your degree, and psychology OUA student representatives at first, second, and third year, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to connect with staff and fellow students.See what other students have said about our online psychology course: &quot;I was initially hesitant to study Psychology. As a mature student, mother of two, and immigrant without prior university experience, studying felt like an impossible dream. However, studying at Macquarie University through Open Universities Australia has completely transformed my perspective. The study material is easily accessible and engaging, making the learning enjoyable. The tutors and lecturers are always supportive and readily available whenever someone needs assistance. While the study is remote, I always feel included and part of the community. I participate in study groups and have even made friends along the way. The journey may be long and challenging, but if you are motivated, Macquarie University offers the support you need to succeed. More than halfway into my degree, I am considering Honours and postgraduate study. Studying psychology at Macquarie University through OUA has allowed me to dream further than I would ever imagine, and I&#39;m so glad I decided to pursue it.&quot;

Take an online journey through the corridors of the mind. Explore how people think and behave. You’ll deep dive into the science of behaviour and open windows to a range of career options in psychology and beyond.

Bachelor of Psychology

This degree is delivered in collaboration with Queensland Health&#39;s Forensic Mental Health Service to provide postgraduate professional training for current or future forensic mental health practitioners, including nurses, psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists. It also provides an extension to undergraduate degrees in nursing, applied science, criminology and criminal justice, and applied psychology. The degree provides advanced training to enhance and develop specialist skills and knowledge to work more effectively with the forensic mental health population. You will gain a thorough understanding of research-based knowledge in forensic mental health and how it is applied in practice.

Become a highly valued forensic mental health specialist able to practise at an advanced level. Study assessment, legislation and policies, research and evaluation. Examine interventions with offenders, justice and crime, law and behaviour.

Master of Forensic Mental Health

This postgraduate program provides mental health practitioners and case managers in diverse practice roles with the skills and knowledge to effectively manage programs that support their clients to achieve personal and system goals, as well as work more effectively with people with injury, disability, mental illness, and their significant others.  This includes a wide range of human service and rehabilitation programs supporting diverse populations with complex needs, assisting clients to obtain and maintain employment and supporting people from diverse backgrounds with injury, disability or mental illness to find new ways to lead fulfilling and satisfying lives. You will be introduced to the values, theories, frameworks, principles and skills of person-centred planning, case management, and communication skills, and therefore become more efficient at determining individual need and planning, coordinating and procuring a range of appropriate services and supports to promote the goals of diverse clients. You&#39;ll also gain an understanding of mental illness, epidemiology and relevant theoretical frameworks, which is vital for informing quality mental health practice.

Develop your human service or rehabilitation practice. You’ll build skills and knowledge to manage programs and work with clients. Explore person-centred planning and communication. Grow your connections and look forward to new opportunities.

Graduate Certificate in Case Management and Mental Health

Explore the close connections between crime and the human mind and its effects on behaviour with La Trobe&#39;s multidisciplinary Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of Psychological Science.Understand crime in its broader social context and how individual and social responses are shaped by gender, race, power and money. Establish a grounding in psychology, exploring theories on individuals, groups and whole societies. Learn how experiences and incentives impact behaviour and how this knowledge can be applied to key issues in criminal justice.By completing La Trobe&#39;s Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of Psychological Science, you will:<ul><li>investigate the complex causes of crime, principles of crime prevention and policy, and how social factors intersect with our criminal justice system</li><li>explore the role of courts, police, prisons and how deviance and crime are understood by different parts of society</li><li>develop valuable expertise in cognitive, developmental, social, abnormal, clinical and health psychology</li><li>get on-the-job experience with work placement opportunities at organisations like the Victims of Crime Tribunal</li><li>have the flexibility to study online, on campus or a mix of both</li><li>graduate ready to apply for membership of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and the prerequisites to apply for Honours in psychology, with potential to pursue postgraduate study and registration as a psychologist.</li></ul>

Explore the dynamic partnership of psychology and criminology. With a grounding in psychology, you’ll be prepped to unpack why groups and individuals commit offending behaviours. Get ready for careers in justice, advocacy, forensics, and policy.

Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of Psychological Science

If you have an interest in the science of psychology and in counselling, this course will introduce you to the professional art of counselling with the added bonus of preparing you for advanced psychology training.You’ll acquire skills to analyse and research behaviour and to be able to explain interactions between people and their environment. The course is also a great springboard to postgraduate studies in psychology and counselling.This course can be studied online or on campus.

Begin to explore people’s behaviour and gain the confidence to help them change. Complement your growing knowledge of psychology with introductory counselling skills. By exploring your own values, you’ll be prepped to work with groups and individuals.

Bachelor of Psychology and Counselling

Develop the skills you need to pivot in your career with UNE&#39;s Graduate Diploma in Psychology. Our course is ideal for people who have completed a degree in any discipline who are interested in a career in professional psychology, but who do not have an accredited undergraduate psychology major. Designed as a bridging course to fourth-year psychology programs and beyond, you can gain the knowledge you need to start on the pathway to a career in psychology today.If you have already completed a degree in any discipline but do not have a psychology major, UNE&#39;s Graduate Diploma in Psychology is a bridging course that provides you with a fast-track to an accredited undergraduate major in psychology, without having to complete another undergraduate degree. Our innovative teaching fosters a learning environment that is collegial and collaborative, and enables you to thrive. With excellent support from our experienced academic staff, our Graduate Diploma in Psychology can be completed wholly online. You will develop an understanding of the core aspects of the history and philosophy of psychology, motivation and emotion, psychological health and wellbeing, social psychology, neuroscience and the biological bases of behaviour, cognition, language and perception, individual differences in personality, intelligence and behaviour, learning and memory, lifespan development, and psychopathology and evidence-based interventions.

Explore the workings of the human mind and behaviour. Prepare for impactful roles in community work, counselling, human services, market research, and welfare. Make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and communities.

Graduate Diploma in Psychology

If you’re interested in the human mind, especially the kind that turns to crime, this might be your course.It’s more focused on psychology than our Bachelor of Criminology and Justice and will suit you best if you’re thinking of further study in psychology or criminology or if you’re thinking about employment within the criminal justice system. Are you ready?This course can be studied online or on campus.

Learn how to use psychology to understand criminal behaviour. Explore the theories of criminology and get to know the major institutions of criminal justice in Australia. Graduate ready for meaningful roles in justice, police, and human services.

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