Course Description: MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS

What you will learn:

A mental illness is a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others. If you have — or think you might have — a mental illness, the first thing you must know is that you are not alone. Mental health conditions are far more common than you think, mainly because people don’t like to, or are scared to, talk about them.

A mental health condition isn’t the result of one event. Research suggests multiple, linking causes. Genetics, environment, and lifestyle influence whether someone develops a mental health condition. A stressful job or home life makes some people more susceptible, as do traumatic life events. Biochemical processes and circuits and basic brain structure may play a role, too.

What can you do?

There is something that we all can do to stop the stigma associated with mental illness and be a part of the process of transforming someone in need from mental illness to mental health. I am very excited that so many people want to be a part of this movement to promote Mental Health Awareness!

Sharing and interacting with others online has become the standard. Online learning has come a long way in many subjects, why not mental health? We can never learn too much and always have room for more knowledge that we can share with others for the betterment of their mental health.