Courses Mental health: Understanding depression and anxiety

Mental health: Understanding depression and anxiety

This free Open Learn course, explores the causes of these mental health issues, with a particular focus on stress. You will consider some risk and causal factors for some depression and anxiety disorders, and learn about the biology and psychology behind them.

Cost: £0.00 Free for all users

1 sessions • Self paced course

Course type: self-paced

Level: Beginner

Host: Open Learn

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1. Mental health: Understanding depression and anxiety
"Self-paced"


This free course from Open Learn, explores the causes of these mental health issues, with a particular focus on stress. You will consider some risk and causal factors for some depression and anxiety disorders, and learn about the biology and psychology behind them.


After studying this course, you should be able to:


  • describe how stressful life events may be linked to emotional disorders such as depression and anxiety
  • describe the main features of the physiological stress response
  • evaluate the role of genetic and environmental factors in emotional disorders
  • describe the different kinds of biological abnormalities that have been linked to emotional disorders

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