New Online Micro Credential: Diagnosing and Managing Youth Mental Illness in Primary Care

Published on August 5, 2025

New Online Micro Credential:
Diagnosing and Managing Youth Mental Illness in Primary Care

Early intervention is the key to achieving better long-term mental health outcomes for young people but many primary care clinicians report a lack of confidence in this area. Gain youth-specific skills to support the diagnosis and management of young people's mental health with this new 8-week, online micro credential that has been co-designed with Australia’s leading experts in youth mental health and young people with lived-experience. 

 

✔️ Identify and address different forms of mental ill-health

✔️ Explore diagnostic challenges and multi-modal intervention strategies

✔️ Develop a youth mental health care plan tailored to an individual's specific needs

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

✔️Start Date: 6 October 2025

 

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, The University of Melbourne

 

More Info/Register link: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/337p

 

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