Wellness

Mental Health Literacy

Understand Mental Health Before It Becomes a Crisis

12 lessons4 modules9h 0m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This course builds the everyday literacy most people are never taught: how common mental health conditions present, why they happen, and what genuinely helps. You will learn to read warning signs in yourself and the people around you using the same screening instruments clinicians use, distinguish ordinary stress from a condition that needs support, and navigate the care system from self-help to therapy to crisis lines. It is educational, not a substitute for professional care, and it equips you to act early and confidently.

Curriculum

Module 1: What Mental Health Actually Is3 lessons

Mental Health Is a Spectrum, Not a SwitchPreview45m
Stress, Distress, and Disorder: Where the Line Is🔒45m
Why It Happens: The Biopsychosocial Model🔒45m

Module 2: Reading the Signs: Anxiety, Depression, and Burnout3 lessons

Anxiety: When the Alarm Won't Switch Off🔒45m
Depression: More Than Sadness🔒45m
Burnout: The Erosion of Engagement🔒45m

Module 3: Supporting Yourself and Others3 lessons

How to Talk to Someone Who Is Struggling🔒45m
Evidence-Based Self-Help You Can Start Today🔒45m
Building Your Own Early-Warning Plan🔒45m

Module 4: Knowing When and How to Get Help3 lessons

Stepped Care: Matching Need to Support🔒45m
What Treatment Actually Looks Like🔒45m
Recognizing a Crisis and Responding🔒45m