It all starts with knowledge. Use this series of free online tutorials as a starting point for learning about mental health.
This updated self-directed tutorial is meant to introduce you to the topic of addiction, a disorder characterized by out-of-control behaviours, such as gambling or alcohol and other drug use.
Read more about Addiction 101 – UpdatedThis module provides basic information about anxiety disorders.
Read more about Anxiety DisordersThis module provides basic information about bipolar disorder.
Read more about Bipolar DisorderThis module provides basic information about concurrent disorders.
Read more about Concurrent DisordersThis updated self-directed tutorial is meant to introduce you to the topic of depression, a common but serious mood disorder that can affect people’s day-to-day functioning and is much more than unhappiness.
Read more about Depression 101 – UpdatedThis module provides basic information about diversity and health equity.
Read more about Diversity and Health EquityThis module provides basic information about harm reduction.
Read more about Harm ReductionThis self-directed tutorial is meant to introduce you to the concepts of mental health and mental health problems (and mental illnesses). Mental health problems are conditions in which people’s thinking, mood and behaviours negatively impact their day-to-day functioning. Someone with a diagnosed mental illness can experience good mental health, while someone without a diagnosed mental illness can experience difficulties at certain times of stress. Mental health is more than the absence of a mental illness.
Read more about Mental Health 101 – UpdatedThis module provides basic information about the health issues of older adults.
Read more about Older AdultsThis module provides basic information about personality disorders.
Read more about Personality Disorders