UU 100
Mental Health Literacy
This course will introduce students to mental health literacy and its goals of recognizing,
managing, and strengthening mental health, and ending stigma. Focusing on the
emerging adult population, this course considers the cognitive and socio-behavioural
skills and capacities that contribute to mental health within the broader spectra of health
in our changing world. Students will consider mental health literacy at the individual
level as well as at the community level. This course is not intended to be a substitute for
counselling, and it does not qualify students to act as mental health professionals upon
completion.
Exclusions: HS302.
This course will introduce students to mental health literacy and its goals of recognizing,
managing, and strengthening mental health, and ending stigma. Focusing on the
emerging adult population, this course considers the cognitive and socio-behavioural
skills and capacities that contribute to mental health within the broader spectra of health
in our changing world. Students will consider mental health literacy at the individual
level as well as at the community level. This course is not intended to be a substitute for
counselling, and it does not qualify students to act as mental health professionals upon
completion.
Exclusions: HS302.
This course will introduce students to mental health literacy and its goals of recognizing,
managing, and strengthening mental health, and ending stigma. Focusing on the
emerging adult population, this course considers the cognitive and socio-behavioural
skills and capacities that contribute to mental health within the broader spectra of health
in our changing world. Students will consider mental health literacy at the individual
level as well as at the community level. This course is not intended to be a substitute for
counselling, and it does not qualify students to act as mental health professionals upon
completion.
Exclusions: HS302.