Course Overview

The NPA Mental Health Award currently runs at Level 4 and Level 5 in St Machar Academy.

Students work in the same classroom and the kind of work produced will help you and your teacher know if you are a Level 4 or 5 candidate.

The course has only been running for 3 years and is an excellent opportunity to widen your understanding of mental health.

To be successful on this course you need to:

• Participate and engage in all of the learning

• Try your hardest

• Take part in discussions and share ideas

• Be respectful of others - this course can help people to think about themselves deeper, or those they love around them, so it is important that people feel safe and respected so they can ask questions.

• Be open minded and listen to other opinions

Units Covered

Understanding Mental Health

• The difference between mental health, mental wellbeing & mental illness

• Why some people suffer poor mental health

• Looking at how media portrays mental health and mental illness

Influences on Mental Health & Wellbeing

• What can cause mental illness and which groups are more likely to suffer

• Influence of technology and social media on mental health

Coping Strategies and Resilience

• Ideas and suggestions of things you can do for yourself to promote positive mental health

• Or ideas that you can share with family and friends

• How we can identify positive and negative coping strategies to make sure we use the best ones for us