Mental Health and Addictions Theory and Practice

The course prepares you to undertake comprehensive assessments and interventions that take into account the significance of discrimination and social determinants in people’s lives.

You are introduced to different ways of evaluating therapeutic interventions (including Māori perspectives) and are required to demonstrate a critical understanding of how legislation and professional ethics influence practice.

The course helps to prepare you to advocate for and apply person-centered therapeutic interventions.                 

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to

• Explain how discrimination and social determinants affect people’s lives and why these factors are important to consider in assessment and intervention practices.
• Advocate for appropriate person-centred therapeutic interventions.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of selected mental health and wellbeing interventions in different contexts, and from different perspectives (including Māori contexts and perspectives).
• Analyse how legislation, professional ethics and organisational contexts influence mental health and wellbeing practices.

Assessment

100% internal assessment 

Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

Computer and internet requirements

This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.

For online learning you need:

• Access to a laptop or desktop computer
• Reliable broadband internet and a data plan

Find out more about online learning

If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.