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Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health
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Acknowledgements

This free course was compiled by Sarah Mander and Neill Boddington and the authors of this week’s content were Linzi Morris and Ian Macdonald with Craig Clancy, with editing and additional content by Jacqueline Young, Sarah Mander and Neill Boddington.

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Introduction image: Canva/Pixabay

Section 1 image: cottonbro studio/Pexels

Section 1.1 image: Canva/Pixabay

Section 1.2 image: Canva/Pixabay

Section 1.3 image: Canva/Pixabay

Section 1.3 image: Katerina Holmes/Pexels

Section 1.3 image: Canva/Pixabay

Section 2 image: Pexels

Section 2.1 image: cottonbro studio/Pexels

Section 2.2 image: Christina Morillo/Pexels

Talking therapies section image: cottonbro studio/Pexels

Social prescribing section images: Canva/Pixabay (top left); Canva/Pixabay (bottom left); Yan Krukau/Pexels (right)

Online tools section image: Marcus Aurelius/Pexels

Online tools section image: Mustata Silva/Pexels

Section 3 image: Lucas Souza/Pexels

Section 4 image: Canva/Pixabay

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Section 5 image: Aleksandar Spasojevic/Pexels

Audio/Video

Talking therapies section video: NHS Talking Therapies: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/overview/ NHS England and NHS Improvement 

Social prescribing section video: Social Prescribing: https://www.transformationpartners.nhs.uk/programmes/personalised_care/social-prescribing/ https://www.transformationpartners.nhs.uk/

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