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About the Course

In today’s world, mental illness and distress are common and these account for a significant burden of disability within our community. At the same time, there is a growing interest in understanding and enhancing positive mental health and wellbeing; particularly from developments in the fields of positive psychology and mental health promotion. Positive Psychiatry is a new term (Jeste et al 2016) that describes a dual approach to mental health, where we build strengths, supports and healthy lifestyles as well as treating illness and distress. In this course, we will explore different aspects of good mental health as well as provide an overview of the major kinds of mental disorders, their causes, treatments and how to seek help and support. The course will feature a large number of Australian experts in psychiatry, psychology and mental health research, and we will also hear from “lived experience experts”, people who have lived with mental illness, and share their personal stories of recovery. We take an evidence-based approach to a range of strategies that anyone can use to enhance their own mental health and that of others, from exercise and relaxation techniques through to the role of love, relationships and 'good' types of work. We cover topics from creativity and yoga through to psychiatric medications and psychotherapies....

Top reviews

SE

May 17, 2022

This course has given me great insight on mental health and how everything is related to it but it most importantly taught me how to be in control of my mental healh and maintain a positive psychiatry

PP

Jul 18, 2020

Excellent course specially in current scenario i.e. Covid 19 situation. This course helped me to understand not only my mental conditions but also my near and dear ones mental health and conditions.

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By Rachel B

Aug 3, 2017

I thought this course was very helpful and contained some great info. The only issue I had was that I completed a few of the exercises like the questionnaires and they wouldn't come up as completed. However as I was still able to com

By Andres J

May 31, 2020

The course was amazing, it helps to someone who is having troubles in life. However, sometimes the course goes so deep in some topics, that for someone who is not professional in the subjects could be a bit difficult to understand.

By Kamlavathi M

Sep 23, 2020

This course has been a great help to me in providing deep insight into Mental health and taught me about the ways to deal with mental health issues. The content is really informative and the resources provided are excellent!

By IOANNIS M

Oct 13, 2019

this course taught me a lot about myself and how mental health is important for everyone. I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking to educate themselves around mental health, wellbeing and the art of Happiness

By Robert C

Nov 25, 2020

An excellent course. Very well structured and expertly presented. Great essential and further reading lists. I would have given five stars, but felt the 'peer marking' element was not taken very seriously by some learners.

By Ryanna V

Mar 17, 2022

I really learned and enjoyed doing this course. Its imperative to deal with mental health. The course was 5 weeks of informative videos and assignments along with reading modules and quizzes. I recommend this course.

By Mukta N

Jul 19, 2022

I am happy to learn many helpful things through this course .I would like to get some of study material of this cours e and certificate of this course completion as well. Please guide how can I get it . Thanks

By Suleiman A

Jul 30, 2021

It is fascinating and very useful to improve our knowledge about mental health.

The instructors and teachers are very efficient and have a scientific and academic methods to provide their ideas and information.

By Arunachalam N

Jul 25, 2020

A Content oriented course and testing assessments and assignments are application based and trustworthy. It is more helpful me for my further learning and researches in the field of Educational Psychology.

By DANIELA B M

Oct 17, 2022

The content of the course is interesting and useful. Assignments should be better structured since the instruction asks to write about a topic but then the presentation asks for more detailed information.

By Antonia A

Apr 19, 2022

A great course that gives student a in depth insight into the aspects of Psychiatry and Psychology. Learn about symptoms, treatments, tips and real life stories through this course with great teachers.

By Vinod F

Nov 8, 2020

Absolutely Amazing. Thank you so much for this wonderful course. I always wanted to counsel people for their positive and happy living, this course has really enhanced my knowledge to the next level.

By Prem R

Sep 14, 2021

The submission for the peer review format need change and explanation. The papers I reviewed proves that the format was misunderstood and students were writing things the way they understood.

By PREETI A

Oct 27, 2020

I love learning and I really enjoyed doing the course with Coursera. The knowledge I gained is very useful for my current profession and Iam so glad I did well in the program.

By HARI P

Oct 15, 2020

Great course material and enjoyed my learning in the subject. It has beautifully elaborated the importance of mental health and understanding its scenario. Thank you Coursera.

By Ambalika S

Sep 14, 2020

meaningful with concise but up to mark explanations.Do suggest some more certificate courses in Psychotherapies.Also would like to know when i would get certificateQuite

By Sarah Y

Jul 12, 2020

this course has been very helpful to me. its good if you want to learn about mental health and some easy and good ways to keep your mental health in a better state.

By Ian A H

Dec 29, 2024

Great course to accompany other mental health and well-being courses. Recommended to those interested in Mental wellness and effective treatments and practices.

By Sinisa K

Jul 24, 2020

Only thing thats weird about this is course is blatant robotic reading by most of the teachers... othervise its a very useful and all round topic covered course

By Cristina S S

Oct 30, 2020

Completed! I took so much time and I almost gave up but it is done!

Very complete, good examples, easy language, got my attention and was a learning process.

By Gloria d d V

Jul 9, 2021

The content is very good and professional, however the assignment design and format is not standardized, confusing at best and lacks proper standard.

By Michael C

Jun 27, 2022

This course is informative and educational. It provides hope for collective acceptance of mental illness and possibilities for individual recovery.

By Snigdha J

Sep 7, 2022

It was a great course. Some of the reading references were not working, would have loved to be able to access all the reading references.

By Andrew R

Apr 27, 2020

a really worthwhile course as an introduction into the many aspects of mental health. Great insight from a plethora of industry experts.

By Ajil G

May 24, 2021

it is very good session and this course is very useful for me. and its helped to understand the mental health and positive psychiatry.