C3A Mental Well-being Curriculum - Riding the Waves of Change Smiling

Course duration: 6 hours

Discover how you can strengthen your mental resilience and well-being, which are important factors of successful ageing. Join us to learn about mental well-being and the common issues affecting it. In our daily lives, we may face stressors which affect our ability to experience life in a positive manner and could increase our vulnerability to mental health difficulties. Through experiential learning, this course will help you pick up practical tips to enhance and maintain your mental well-being.

What you'll learn

Participants will be able to identify and discuss:

• Changes associated with ageing that challenge seniors’ mental well-being

• Factors that promote mental well-being and resilience

• Common mental well-being issues of stress, anxiety and depression, and their signs and symptoms

• Complications of mental ill-being

• Stress and its physiological reactions

Participants will be able to apply practical tips on:

• How to maintain mental well-being as we age

• Medical and professional care: What, Where, When and How to seek help

Participants will be able to identify positive attitudes and mindsets to cultivate for enhancing and sustaining mental well-being, namely:

• Accepting mental health issues as being a common human experience, overcoming the prejudices and stigma against them

• Confident that anyone can overcome mental health issues with a positive mindset and some external help

• Have empathy and motivation to reach out to and connect with families and friends as a means to strengthen mental well-being in oneself and others

Entry requirements

Nil

Fees

Fee for this course can be paid using SkillsFuture Credits.

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