Interventions and Recovery in Forensic Mental Health (Clinical)
PostgraduateGRF-CCJ7502025
Gain an overview of the role of mental health and offending in the forensic mental health client population. Examine and evaluate psychiatric interventions that are useful in a forensic mental health system.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Interventions and Recovery in Forensic Mental Health (Clinical)
About this subject
After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:
- Describe the role of mental health and offending in the forensic mental health client population.
- Understand the aims and utility of the key interventions in forensic mental health.
- Reiterate the key issues in the delivery and use of these interventions with the forensic mental health population.
- Demonstrate skills in evaluating key strategies from the intervention groups presented during the trimester.
- Self-reflect on their practice in the field of forensic mental health.
- Introduction to Interventions & Recovery in FMH
- Psychopharmacology
- The Effective Practitioner
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Relapse Prevention & Management
- Applied Behavioural Analysis
This subject was previously known as CCJ741.
Forensic mental health is an area of specialisation that involves the assessment and treatment of client's who are both mentally disordered and whose behaviour has led to or could possibly lead to offending. Forensic mental health as a field therefore represents the interface between community safety and client centred practice. The two key intervention targets in FMH are mental disorders and problem behaviours. This subject will address the first of these targets by providing students with knowledge of general mental health interventions and components of recovery/recovery processes. Students will also be provided with skills in the delivery of specific intervention strategies targeting the most common mental health presentations in FMH. Students will also be provided with the opportunity to practice the skill of treatment plan development and role play delivery of specific strategies.
- Online Quiz (20%)
- Major Essay (50%)
- Minor Essay (30%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- GRF-FMH-MAS-2025 - Master of Forensic Mental Health
Elective
- GRF-MCJ-MAS-2025 - Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
GRF-NRS8926 (Not currently available)
GRF-CCJ741 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Forensic Mental Health
PostgraduateGRF-FMH-MAS
Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice
PostgraduateGRF-MCJ-MAS