Mental Health

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  By the end of this 12-week subject, you'll be able to:

  1. Articulate key manifestations of mental ill- health and the different risk factors and causes from biomedical, psychodynamic and biopsychosocial perspectives.
  2. Explain the importance of assessing mental ill-health and of promoting and supporting mental health and wellbeing.
  3. Apply knowledge of key treatment modalities relevant to the management of mental disorders, including medication, lifestyle choices, counselling and psychotherapy.
  4. Examine various social perspectives and attitudes on mental ill- health in both historical and contemporary contexts.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Torrens University Australia

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• TUA-MHE-CTF-2026 - Undergraduate Certificate of Mental Health
• TUA-HWB-DIP-2026 - Diploma of Health and Wellbeing

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.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.