ABOUT THE COURSE
YOUR CAREER AS A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST
Always wanted to help and make a real, positive difference to people’s lives? Learn how to support children, teenagers and adults through the Certificate in Community Mental Health.
This online course is broken into two sections: mental health in adults and children & adolescent mental health. Upon completion, you can have a deep understanding of common mental health conditions, knowing how to identify symptoms and provide treatments. You will also gain skills and insights to become a successful practitioner in this complex, yet rewarding and fast-growing industry.
STUDY DURATION:
In this course, you can learn at your own pace, without any fixed due dates or deadlines. You study whenever you have the time and feel motivated to do so. The course typically takes around 200 hours to complete from beginning to end, and most students graduate within 12 months.
STUDY METHOD：
100% Online
START DATE:
Intake is open now.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
This certificate opens up the gateway for you to seek employment in various businesses, some career outcomes may require further training and /or qualifications.
- Childcare Worker
- Family and Marriage Therapist
- Mental Health Coach
- Social Service Worker
CORE MODULES
1. Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Nature and Scope of Mental Health
- Childhood Depression
- Anxiety Disorders
- Tic Disorders
- Brain Disorders
- Other Disorders
- Environmental Problems
- Problems of Adolescence
- Holistic and Alternative Approaches to Treatment
- Special Project
2. Managing Mental Health in Adults
- Introduction to mental health issues – Definitions of good mental health through understanding mental illness, causal factors, introduction to treatment options
- Depression and related conditions - bipolar disorder
- Anxiety and related conditions - phobias, OCD, PTSD
- Schizophrenia
- Antisocial personality disorders
- Eating disorders - anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, obesity
- Dementias
- Helping yourself with mental health issues
- Support options and services for mental health issues
ABOUT US
Courses4me
Courses4me is the leader in online education with decades of experience in both public and private education.
Our founders have a combined 30 years of expertise in education and training and have joined forces to deliver high-quality, low-cost education to anyone wishing to advance their career.
IS COURSES4ME ACCREDITED?
Yes. All of our courses are endorsed by the IARC (www.iarcedu.com) and accredited by ICOES (www.icoes.org). ICOES has an independent board of management that ensures that the Foundation operates in accordance with its purpose. It has an Advisory Board consisting of independent professors who developed and implemented the Accreditation Standards, a quality charter that is used for the annual review of prospective and existing accredited course providers.
