Learn more about depression to better support yourself or someone you know with this free online course on depression. In this free online course, you will learn about the traditional treatments for mild, moderate, and severe depression. You will analyse different treatment options including CBT, self-help groups and antidepressants. You will discover alternative treatment options for depression. These include massage therapy and St. John's wort. This course details common triggers of depression and also discusses recovery and life after depression.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 201719 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • List the traditional treatments for mild, moderate, and severe depression • List alternative treatment options • Describe how changing your way of thinking can improve your depression • Investigate why changing your diet can help to improve depression • Explain why stress is one of the most common triggers of depression • Recognise why sleep is essential for brain health • Investigate if socialisation can help treat depression • Discuss the possibility of a full recovery from depression |
| Course Code | 2467 |
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