Youth Mental Health: Helping Young People with Anxiety

Online Course

Future Learn
Youth Mental Health: Helping Young People with Anxiety

What is the course about?

Youth Mental Health: Helping Young People with Anxiety
The course Youth Mental Health: Helping Young People with Anxiety is an online class provided by UEA (University of East Anglia) through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Get an introduction to managing anxiety disorders in teenagers, with a course ideal for teachers and healthcare professionals.

Course description
  • Learn how to identify and help with anxiety in young people
  • 3 weeks
  • Anxiety is a common condition experienced by young people that can escalate to a point where it impacts on their general wellbeing and activities of daily living; brain development and performance at school or college. If untreated the risk of developing chronic and enduring mental health conditions increases, as well as the risks of deliberate self harm and suicide.
  • On this course you will learn how to identify anxiety disorders experienced by young people, understand ‘stigma’ related to mental health and develop your ability to help a young person experiencing debilitating anxiety
  • The characteristics of anxiety
  • Adolescent development
  • Anxiety as a biological response / toxic stress
  • Other linked mental health conditions
  • Stigma and mental illness
  • Engaging with young people / safeguarding
  • Ways of helping the young person with anxiety
  • Mindfulness
  • This course is for health professionals and teachers without specialist training in this area, it doesn’t require any prior experience or knowledge. It’s suitable for professionals doing continuous professional development.
  • UEA (University of East Anglia)
  • The University of East Anglia is an internationally renowned university providing top quality academic, social and cultural facilities to over 15,000 students from over 100 countries around the globe.

Prerequisites & Facts

Youth Mental Health: Helping Young People with Anxiety

Course Topic

Personal Success, Teacher Training, Teaching & Academics

University, College, Institution

UEA (University of East Anglia)

Course Skill Level

Course Language

English

Place of class

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

Degree

Certificate

Degree & Cost

Youth Mental Health: Helping Young People with Anxiety

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / UEA (University of East Anglia) 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.
UEA (University of East Anglia)
Youth Mental Health: Helping Young People with Anxiety
provided by Future Learn

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School: UEA (University of East Anglia)
Topic: Inclusive Teaching, Professional Development for Teachers, Psychology & Mental Health, Teaching, Youth Mental Health