Community Mental Health Certificate

Each year a growing number of people are diagnosed with mental health issues in Canada and health care professionals, community support workers and law enforcement professionals will regularly encounter them through their line of work. Learning how to properly assess and work with those affected by mental health issues is key to creating a safe and successful community. The Community Mental Health online training program is broken down into 5 modules, which explore today’s most common mental health conditions and issues.

Module 1. Youth Addiction and Mental Health:
• Recognizing signs of poor mental health in youth
• Mental health first aid techniques
• How adolescent mental health issues impact academics, violence, depression, family life, etc.
Module 2. Mental Health, Culture & Modern Society:
• Understanding the mental health stigma
• How your own biases impact the way you relate to people suffering from mental illness
• Mental health challenges of marginalized groups, such as Aboriginal communities (effects of current health care policy)
Module 3. Concurrent, Personality & Impulse Control Disorders:
• Understanding co-occuring addiction and mental health problems
• Different types and classifications of personality and impulse control disorders
• Latest research on how these disorders can be managed
Module 4. Mood Disorders & Depression:
• Understanding common mood disorders, and their connection to other psychological problems
• Theories, latest research, and controversies around depression
• Cognitive, social, and biological theories of treatment
Module 5. Psychotic & Dissociative Disorders:
• The current standard in diagnosing mental disorders
• Mental health assessment tools
• Understanding schizophrenia, dissociative identity disorder, amnesia, and more
In addition to learning the fundamentals of various mental illnesses, students walk away with a greater ability to recognize and examine biases toward mental illness. They also develop a better awareness of the resources available in their own communities.