Course Content: 

At the end of this session learners will have:

- Explored three models of Mental Health and how they relate to individuals and the concept of Recovery
- Understood how stress affects Mental Health
- Explored how stigma affects Mental Health
- A greater knowledge of the signs, symptoms, risk factors and recommended treatments for Depression and Anxiety Disorders
- Identified a positive coping strategy to support their own Mental Health

Why mental health is important:

- UK business loses £25.9 million due to mental health sickness absence.
- 25 per cent of Britons have at least one mental health problem in any one year.
- 450 million people worldwide have a mental health problem.
- 10 per cent of children experience mental health problems at any one time.
- 70 per cent of the prison population has two or more mental health disorders.
- 10 per cent of the UK population experience depression in any one year.
- 60 per cent of people with phobias or obsessive compulsive disorders are female.
- 25 per cent of unemployed people have a common mental health problem.

Certification: Attendance Certificate