Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture

Online Course

Future Learn
Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture

What is the course about?

Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture
The course Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture is an online class provided by University of Liverpool through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Learn how a psychological understanding of our emotions and behaviour gives us new ways to improve mental health and wellbeing.

Course description
  • 6 weeks
  • Psychological therapies and the work of clinical psychologists are now very popular. This free online course provides an introduction to how psychologists understand emotions, behaviours and thinking patterns, and how this helps clinical psychologists make sense of their clients’ problems.
  • Over six weeks, you will explore some of the current challenges and debates in the area of diagnosis and treatment, and discover new ways of thinking psychologically about mental health.
  • You will gain new perspectives on the “nature vs nurture” debate, and understand how we are affected by life experiences. You will also discuss new research, which promises to help us improve our own mental health and well-being.
  • You will learn with Peter Kinderman, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, and author of “A Prescription for Psychiatry: Why We Need a Whole New Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing.”
  • You can find out more about this course in Peter’s post for the FutureLearn blog: “Rethinking mental health and well-being.”
  • The impact of biological and neurological traits on mental health and wellbeing
  • The impact social elements have on mental health and wellbeing
  • The extent to which life events can impact on how we act
  • The role that rumination plays in wellbeing and mental health
  • Evidence-based suggestions as to how we might all protect and improve our mental health and wellbeing
  • The design of mental health services from a non-medical perspective
  • Explore how social aspects can impact on mental health
  • Explore the extent to which life events affect mental health and well being
  • Synthesise differing contemporary approaches to health and well being
  • Engage in cutting edge research into mental health and well being
  • Compare different explanatory models of mental health
  • Synthesise different conceptual and explanatory models of mental health
  • This course is aimed at anyone who wishes to understand more about psychology, about mental health or who wishes to maintain their own mental health and wellbeing.
  • University of Liverpool
  • The University of Liverpool is ranked in the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide.

Prerequisites & Facts

Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture

Course Topic

Personal Success, Teacher Training, Teaching & Academics

University, College, Institution

University of Liverpool

Course Skill Level

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

Degree & Cost

Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / University of Liverpool you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
University of Liverpool
Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture
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School: University of Liverpool
Topic: Mindfulness and Wellbeing, Psychology, Psychology & Mental Health