This Mental Health Awareness course will help you recognise the common mental health issues that can affect people and will help you decide on the appropriate action to take.

The course covers the common types of mental health problems including: Anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Panic attacks, Depression, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Eating disorders, Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, Loneliness and Stress. It also describes how you can look after your own mental health and support others with their mental health issues.

In this course we shall look at:

· Why you need to know about mental health

· Mental health stigma

· The course aims and learning outcomes