Welcome
We would like to welcome you to this course Young People and Their Mental Health!
This course has been developed by people from the University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen and University of Cambridge.
In the next 5 weeks you will learn what mental health is, what common mental health problems are, and how you could improve your mental health. Every week consists of 2 different topics that are explained with the help of videos, personal stories, animations and short assignments.
The following topics will be dealt with:
- Week 1 Introduction and Eating disorders
- Week 2 Depression and Anxiety
- Week 3 Autism and ADHD
- Week 4 Substance abuse and Antisocial behaviour
- Week 5 Psychosis and Resilience
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We are looking forward to your contribution to this global community of thinkers and doers. We recommend that you consider joining us on social media to build the debate, and to continue your reflection at the end of this course. For those of you who use Twitter, the hashtag #FLyoungmentalhealth will help you to share ideas, and engage in the debate arising from the course.
Ready to begin?
To get started, click on the pink ‘Mark as complete’ button, below (this will help you keep track of your progress through the course) and then click ‘Next’ (below right) to move on to Step 1.2.
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