Description
Course Overview
Always wanted to help and make a real, positive difference to people’s lives? Learn how to support children, teenagers and adults through the Certificate in Community Mental Health.
This online course is broken into two sections: mental health in adults and children & adolescent mental health. Upon completion, you can have a deep understanding of common mental health conditions, knowing how to identify symptoms and provide treatments. You will also gain skills and insights to become a successful practitioner in this complex, yet rewarding and fast-growing industry.
◐ Units of Study
- Nature and Scope of Mental Health
- Childhood Depression and possible impact into adolescence
- Anxiety Disorders (Separation, School phobias etc.)
- Tic Disorders (e.g. Tourette’s)
- Brain Disorders (Injury and Disease)
- Other Disorders (e.g. Motor disorders, Elimination disorders, Feeding & eating disorders etc.)
- Environmental Problems (Abuse & Neglect; Relationship problems)
- Problems of Adolescence (Anorexia, Bulimia, Substance use, Family conflict)
- Holistic and Alternative Approaches to Treatment
- Special Project (students choose a topic of interest)
- Introduction to Mental Health Issues
- Depression in Men and Women
- Anxiety, Phobias and OCD
- Schizophrenia
- Antisocial Personality Disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Dementias
- Helping Yourself in Mental Health Issues
- Services for Mental Health Issues
And more in-depth modules to help you become a recognised specialist in Community Mental Health.
◐ Employment Outcomes
By earning this certificate, learners can confidently seek rewarding employment in various organisations, either as a / an:
- Social Service Worker and Case Worker
- Probations Officer and Corrections Treatment Facilitator
- Life Coach or Counsellor (grief, rehabilitation, addictions, academic / career, crisis)
- Mental Health Coordinator
- Family and Marriage Therapist
- Art and Music Therapist
- Child Care Worker
- Outreach and Community Support Officer
- Human Resources Manager
◐ About Course Provider
Courses4me is one of Australia’s newest online education providers. We endeavour to provide our students with engaging content to encourage and continue people along their career path. All of our courses are provided 100% online and created by industry experts.
We cater to the upskiller, the side hustler, the returning to work mums and dads and those that just have a passion for learning.
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