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Youth Mental Health and Anxiety – Online Course

Get an introduction to managing anxiety disorders in teenagers with a course ideal for teachers and healthcare professionals Learn how to identify and help with anxiety in young people 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 Identify anxiety disorders commonly experienced by adolescents Describe the aetiology causes of anxiety in young people Explain what stigma is in relation to mental illness generally Identify between normal and abnormal anxiety states Explain how to assist a young person experiencing abnormal anxiety states

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