Assessment in Mental Health

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Explicate the necessary components of a mental health assessment that includes the full range of the health needs of mental health consumers and their family or carers;
2. Analyse and apply crisis assessment, clinical risk assessment, suicide risk assessment, and assessment of the risk of self-harm in a range of settings;
3. Accurately interpret integrated assessment findings to make informed decisions to provide a range of ethical consumer-centred treatment options;
4. Critically analyse the ethical and legal factors involved in mental health assessments; and
5. Articulate the proficient application of health assessment skills to their work context.