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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Youth Mental Health: Helping Young People with Anxiety
UEA (University of East Anglia)
This online course was designed for non-mental health specialists, including teachers to help them: identify and explore anxiety disorders and related mental health conditions experienced by young people; understand the importance of overcoming ‘stigma’ related to mental illness; and to develop the ability to help a young person experiencing anxiety in terms of getting appropriate support, highlighting the importance of early intervention.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Charles Miller-Fik
Lecturer in Nursing Sciences (Mental Health), School of Health Sciences
UEA (University of East Anglia)
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify anxiety disorders commonly experienced by adolescents
- Describe the aetiology (causes) of anxiety in young people
- Explain what ‘stigma’ is in relation to mental illness generally
- Identify between normal and abnormal anxiety states
- Explain how to assist a young person experiencing abnormal anxiety states
Syllabus
- The characteristics of anxiety
- Adolescent development
- Anxiety as a biological response / toxic stress
- Other linked mental health conditions
- Stigma and mental illness
- Engaging with young people / safeguarding
- Ways of helping the young person with anxiety
- Mindfulness
Issued on 29th January 2021
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