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Challenging ideas in mental health

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Take a new and different look at mental health. This free course, Challenging ideas in mental health, invites you to think differently about life's dilemmas by taking account of the views of all concerned, especially people experiencing mental distress. It explores ideas and practice in mental health, and will appeal to a wide range of people.

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After studying this course, you should be able to:

understand the complexity and dilemmas of diverse perspectives in the field of mental health and distress
undestand the importance of service users/'survivors' experiences and perspectives
understand how mental health issues affect everyone
understand the range of risks faced by service users/'survivors' in their everyday lives.

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First Published: 10/08/2012

Updated: 12/05/2021

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Neil Williams 13 May 2026 3:12PM

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A lot of the data is more than ten years out of date, referencing drug usage from 2014. More needs to be included about the timescales of urgent care and the contrasting needs of patients who have the capacity, during their illness, to be self aware and to be able to participate in non-drug treatments. Finally, there is a significant problem of waiting lists for non-drug treatments.

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Rangga Putra 6 October 2025 8:41AM

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Good course, open my mine about mental health, they are there in the our society

Btw, Does anyone know where i can find the statement of participation in my profile. I am not able to find it

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