Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Welcome

    • Overview of the course
  2. 2

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Diseases, signs, symptoms, and syndromes

    • Diagnosis of mental illnesses

    • Quiz 1, Unit 1

    • Risk factors for developing mental illnesses

    • Conditions that often occur along with mental illness

    • Mental illness and recovery

    • Pat Deegan-Living Our Life, Not Our Diagnosis

    • Medications for Mental Illnesses

    • Gestalt Project-Stop the Stigma

    • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR)

    • Quiz 2, Unit 1

    • Assignment
  3. 3

    • Key points

    • What is anxiety?

    • General anxiety disorder (GAD)

    • Unit 2, Quiz 1

    • Panic disorder

    • Agoraphobia

    • Social anxiety disorder

    • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders

    • Jocelyn's Story

    • Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

    • Treatments for anxiety

    • Medications for anxiety

    • Unit 2, Quiz 2

    • Key points about depression

    • Depression

    • One woman's experience with depression

    • Unit 2, Quiz 3

    • Persistent (or chronic) depressive disorder

    • Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

    • Bipolar depression

    • Perinatal depression

    • Unit 2, Quiz 4

    • Treatments for depression

    • Medications for depression
  4. 4

    • Key points

    • What is psychosis?

    • Types of psychosis

    • John's Experience with Psychosis

    • Unit 3, Quiz #1

    • Types of disorganized thinking

    • Schizophrenia

    • Unit 3, Quiz #2

    • Video: Dawn

    • Cognitive impairment and schizophrenia

    • Schizophrenia and myths about violence

    • Unit 3, Quiz #3

    • Treatment for schizophrenia

    • Bipolar disorder

    • First-person account of living with bipolar disorder

    • Unit 3, Quiz #4

    • Treatment for psychosis

    • Reminder about course assignment
  5. 5

    • Key points

    • What is a substance use disorder?

    • IPS

    • Michelle's Story

    • Unit 4, Quiz #1

    • Different types of substance use disorders

    • Unit 4, Quiz #2

    • Co-occurring disorders

    • Unit 4, Quiz #3

    • Health and substance use disorders

    • Withdrawal from substances

    • Substance use disorders and cognitive problems

    • Stigma and substance use disorders

    • Treatment and recovery for people who have substance use disorders

    • Unit 4, Quiz #4
  6. 6

    • Key points

    • What are personality disorders?

    • Types of personality disorders

    • Cluster A Personality Disorders

    • Unit 5, Quiz #1

    • Cluster B Personality Disorders

    • A first-person account of living with borderline personality disorder

    • Unit 5, Quiz #2

    • Cluster C Personality Disorders

    • Unit 5, Quiz #3

    • Treatment for personality disorders

    • Tips for supporting individuals with personality disorders

    • Assignment
  7. 7

    • Course Summary