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Introduction to Behavioural Activation for Depression
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Overview

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

2,205

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

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Introduction to Behavioural Activation for Depression
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FutureLearn 
Course details

More about this course
  • With an increased awareness and understanding of mental health, more and more people are seeking to learn about effective ways to improve depression or low mood
  • This three-week course will introduce you to some of the key principles and practices of behavioural activation
  • Explore how this approach has been shown to be successful in reducing levels of depression in a wide range of people in a wide variety of situations
  • Behavioural activation is based on one key principle: that scheduling and completing meaningful, purposeful, and rewarding activities can lift our mood, energise us, and stimulate our interest and pleasure in day-to-day life
  • The approach is efficient, easy to learn, and works across different age ranges, depression severity levels, and cultures
  • Able to relate the knowledge you will gain throughout the course to both your own life and to your interactions with others
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Introduction to Behavioural Activation for Depression
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

An introduction to depression

Introduction

Understanding depression

Common treatments for depression

Summing up this week

Depression and behaviour

Introduction

Understanding our behaviour

Understanding behaviours in the depressed person

Summing up this week

How does Behavioural Activation work?

Introduction

The key elements of behavioural activation

The evidence base

Summing up this week and the whole course

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