The course equips students with a range of knowledge and essential skills in conducting clinical assessment. The course introduces students to the principles and techniques they required in history-taking, conducting mental state examination, deriving evidence-based and multidimensional case formulation, as well as deploying strategic and holistic treatment plan for common mental health issues. To enhance students’ awareness and critical appraisals of current issues related to assessment in the clinical settings, professional issues related to assessment in the clinical setting will be discussed with reference to up-to-date evidence in the field. Going beyond the medical model of assessment, this course adopts a systemic, bio-psycho-social perspective on mental health issues by considering factors predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating the presenting problems. In addition, to broaden the student’s understanding of clinical assessment, state-of-the-art and evidence-based assessment practices using different art modalities will also be introduced. Assessment: 100% coursework