Online Courses Handbook 2003

13182 (v.2) Mental Health Promotion 690

Area:	School of Public Health
Contact Hours:	2.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Definitions, national goals, targets and policies, epidemiology, mental health paradigms, primary prevention, intervention process, special groups, the relationship with stress, mind-body links, stress response, behaviour types, theoretical models, life cycle issues, appraisal of mental health status, internal and external resources, worksite/organisational stress, practical exercises in stress reduction.