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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
After completing the ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults training program, you will feel better prepared to have a conversation about mental health with young and impressionable people in your life. You will be able to identify concerning behaviors, and then ask the right questions to help someone who may be facing the risk of self-harm, or even suicide.
The ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults certification course aims to provide young adults, and the people around them with the information, knowledge, skills, and understanding to recognize and identify mental health challenges, and respond accordingly. You could use this information to help yourself or someone else suffering.
Curtin University developed the ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults online course with contribution and support from the following: Healthway Western Australia, Curtin University Teaching Excellence Fund, the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators, Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme - Universities Australia. If you study two to three hours/week, you can comfortably complete this online course in six weeks. Edx does offer 2 tracks, one is the audit track, and the other is the verified track. The audit track is free but it offers limited access to the course whereas the verified track is chargeable but gives unlimited access to the course materials.
The Highlights
- Online Health and Safety course
- Video lectures
- Complimentary introduction video
- Six-week CurtinX course
- Self-paced learning course
- Curtin University program
- Study two to three hours weekly
- Read learning materials at zero cost
- Achievement certificate (verified by edX)
- Accreditation available for purchase
Programme Offerings
- Six-week Course
- Online Course
- Self-paced learning course
- Curtin University programme
- video lectures
- Free introduction video
- English Transcripts
- Study two to three hours weekly
- Health and Safety course
- Introductory CurtinX program
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 12476 | yes | Curtin University, Perth |
- You can access all the learning material free of cost.
But candidates have to pay the ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults certification fee in case they want certificates of completion.
- ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults course fee structure
Training | Fee |
‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults course. | NA. |
Certification Fee | Rs. 12,476 |
What you will learn
After completing ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults certification syllabus, learners should have the answers to the following questions:
- What is mental health?
- How does stress impact mental health?
- Why do some people use self-harm as a coping strategy?
- What are the risk factors for a mental health crisis and suicidality?
- What questions to ask someone who may be on the brink of suicide?
- How to identify and explain factors that contribute to poor mental health and suicide?
Who it is for
Besides young adults themselves; parents, teachers, social workers, counselors, coaches, GPs, health professionals, and anyone responsible for a young person(s) or in regular contact with them, can take the Talk to Me online course.
Admission Details
Step 1: The ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults classes is available on edX. Click on the link below to go to their website, and apply to this program. https://www.edx.org/course/talk-to-me-improving-mental-health
Step 2: Once you have read the details, click on the ‘Enroll’ button to register.
Step 3: You can register by entering your details, creating a new account, or linking your existing Google, Apple, Microsoft, or Facebook account to edX.
Step 4: You can start learning as soon as you are done with the verification process.
Application Details
‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults certification by Edx Talk to Me course doesn’t create a need to file any forms. But you do need to create an account on edX. And for that, you only need to enter your full name, email address, country/region of residence, and create a public username for the edX platform and a password for sign-in.
The Syllabus
- Explaining what mental health is
- Understanding your own mental fitness
- Understanding how stress affects mental health
- Identifying and explaining factors that contribute to suicide and poor mental health
- Explaining why we worry
- Understanding and applying the ABC model
- Identifying and explaining factors that lead to negative thinking
- Differentiating between deliberate self-harm and Non-Suicidal Self-Injuries (NSSI)
- Understand why NSSI is used as the coping strategy
- Define alternative strategies to regulate emotions
- Learning to use mindfulness-based tasks
- Understand the types of questions; you may ask a person who can be at risk of suicide
- Explaining the risk factors associated with suicidal behaviors in young adults
- Learning to use mindfulness-based tasks
- Explaining general suicide prevention methods
- Understand how you can apply the ‘Talk to Me’ approach when handling an emergency
- Understanding self-care options when managing someone else’s mental health needs
- Recognizing risk factors for mental health crises and suicidality
- Learning alternative strategies to address mental health crises
- Describing response strategies for mental health crises
- Facilitating appropriate and collaborative care
Instructors
Curtin University, Perth Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Yes. Some of the course content may overlap with the TTM2x: Managing Study, Stress, and Mental Health at University program.
No. The Curtin University Teaching Excellence Fund, the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators, Healthway Western Australia, and the Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme - Universities Australia, made contributions and supported Curtin University in developing this course.
No. This course is also for parents, teachers, social workers, counselors, coaches, GPs, health professionals, and anyone responsible for a young person(s) or in regular contact with them.
No. The study-level is introductory.
Yes, but only if you want to get certified. If you only want to learn, you can do it for free.