Certificate of Achievement
Mary Templeman Hogg - O'Rourke
has completed the following course:
Body Image and Mental Health in Young People
This online course covered body image, and its prevalence in the UK, how body image interacts with mental health and quality of life, the factors that influence body image across life, with a focus on childhood and adolescence, and how to support children and young people develop and maintain healthy body image as professionals. Learners engaged with the content through articles, case studies, exercises, and opportunities for discussion.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Antonis Kousoulis
Director for England and Wales
Mental Health Foundation
Ruby Kellard
Project Manager
Mental Health Foundation
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe body image and its prevalence in the UK.
- Explore how body image interacts with mental health and quality of life.
- Discuss body image concerns throughout life.
- Engage in greater depth with the factors that influence body image in children and young people in the UK.
- Investigate how take personal actions as a professional to maintain healthy body image.
- Explore how to support children and young people's body image concerns in education
- Explore how to support children and young people's body image concerns at home
- Critique UK policy and regulation around professional training, social media, provision of services, and advertising.
Syllabus
Week 1
- Introduction to body image and mental health
- Body image in adulthood
- Body image in later life
Week 2
- Introduction to body image in childhood and adolescence
- Factors affecting children and young people’s body image, including psychological factors, family and social networks, ethnicity and culture, health conditions, disorders and disabilities, life changes and transitions, cosmetic procedures, and media and technology.
Week 3
- Introduction to supporting children and young people with their body image
- Recognising the early signs and behaviours
- Personal actions as professionals
- Conversations about cosmetic procedures
- Supporting children and young people in education
- Supporting children and young people at home
- Supporting children and young people in policy
Issued on 23rd October 2022
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