Boost your skills in youth mental health

Discover how our new, online micro-credential can enhance your ability to assess and assist young people facing mental health challenges—in just 8 weeks!

Our latest fully-online, micro-credential is designed to equip professionals with youth-specific skills and strategies to support young people experiencing mental ill-health.

Delivered over eight weeks, the course features concise expert-led video content, interactive exercises and real-world case studies, all informed by contemporary learning design principles. Participants will also have access to optional live webinars facilitated by leading industry experts.

✔️ Explore key risk factors that contribute to mental ill-health in young people

✔️ Learn effective strategies to appropriately assess risk of suicide and self-harm in young people and develop a safety management plan

✔️ Develop skills to conduct youth-friendly biopsychosocial assessments and case formulations of a young person experiencing mental ill-health.

✔️ Earn 42.5 hours of CPD (RACGP accredited for GPs)

Lecturers

Dr Chrissie Hughes, Clinical Psychologist, Senior Lecturer & Course Coordinator,
The University of Melbourne and Orygen

Dr Simone Craig, General Practitioner and Lecturer, Department of General Practice and Primary Care

Places are limited — register now to secure your spot.