#PS-04-01 Young People and Their Mental Health
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- Course level: All Levels
About Course
University of GroningenDescription
Learn to recognise, prevent and deal with your mental health problems.
Mental health problems often develop during the teenage period. As many as 1 out of 5 teenagers are dealing with these problems. Therefore, it is important that you know how to recognise common mental health problems, know how they arise, what you can do to prevent them and what you should do when you actually suffer from them. This course, designed specifically for young people, will help you find out more.
What topics will you cover?
- What is mental health?
- What are common mental health problems?
- What are the causes of mental health problems?
- What to do when you experience mental health problems.
- How to boost your own mental health.
Who will you learn with?
Postdoc at the University Medical Center Groningen; Coordinator of this MOOC about mental health for young people
Professor at the University Medical Center Groningen; director of a large longitudinal study about adolescent mental health (TRAILS); editor of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Who developed the course?
The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands.
What Will I Learn?
- Identify symptoms of the following mental health problems: eating disorders, depression, anxiety, autism, ADHD, addiction, antisocial behaviour and psychosis.
- Explain that there is no a clear dividing line between mentally-healthy and not mentally-healthy people.
- Describe personal, environmental and genetic factors as possible causes of psychological problems.
- Describe ways to deal with psychological problems.
Topics for this course
Introduction to the course
Welcome
Meet the team
Introduction to the course00:02:28
Why do psychological problems often occur in young people?
What is a good mental health?
When can you speak of psychological problems?
Introduction to mental health test
Getting help for an eating disorder
I really enjoyed this course. The instructors were clear & were well versed. I was able to take notes & found this lecture very helpful.
Really loved the speak from Tineke Oldehinkel
It reminds me of my previous psychological problems, and this course is so well explained.
This lecture is well presented and uses great examples to make the points relatable.
This course is quite good. It explains mental health problems in detail and teaches you what to do when you experience mental health problems.
Thank you for the great training on mental health problems! These topics are of importance to me and my further development within the organization I work for.
Thank you for the great training on mental health problems! These topics are of importance to me and my further development within the organization I work for.
Quick, pleasurable to listen to. Fairly obvious/simple content, somewhat repetitive. Doesn't hurt to hear it again though.
Material Includes
- Official Certificate
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Target Audience
- This course has been created for young people aged over 14 wanting to know more about mental health. It might also be of interest to parents, caregivers, teachers and medical professionals.