Depression Awareness e-learning

Depression Awareness

Depression Awareness e-learning

Over 350 million people in the world are affected by depression.

This online course will raise awareness of depression and how it can be recognised, diagnosed, classified and treated. It starts by looking at diagnoses before moving on to define the various types of depression, you’ll also learn about other disorders. It then looks at the causes of depression and the everyday factors which can make it more difficult to manage effectively. You’ll learn about depression symptoms in adults, teenagers and children and how to get help. There’ll be information to help you understand how to recognise and psychotic depression and how it can be treated. The course also looks at the physical and social effects of depression, including on those living with a person who is depressed.

Depression management techniques and treatments will be covered, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, Relaxation techniques and Mood management.

Finally, we’ll feature the roles played by diet, exercise and managing work-life balance and lifestyle.

Who should complete this course

  • This course is aimed at people in the health and social care sector that would like to increase their awareness of Depression to improve the care they give.
  • It is also written in a way that is accessible to people outside of health and social care and does not assume any prior knowledge of the condition.

Course syllabus

  • Introduction
  • The Causes of Depression
  • Effects on the Individual, Family and Friends
  • Depression Management and Support: Part 1
  • Depression Management and Support: Part 2

Course duration

  • With this on-line course you can stop and restart your learning to suit your time constraints
  • 45 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in any way for loading time or thinking time on the questions)
  • Please note you will need a 3Mb+ internet enabled device (e.g. computer, laptop, tablet or smart-phone) to study this course, which is Windows7 or MAC OSX10.8+ with Flash Player 10+

Course costs

Assessment

  • The course consists of five modules with questions at the end.
  • You are given the chance to review all your answers at the end of each module before final submission and you will be given 3 attempts at each module to achieve a pass
  • On successful completion of the course, you will be able to download your certificate to print immediately

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