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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

After completing the ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults training program, you will feel better prepared to have a conversation about mental health with young and impressionable people in your life. You will be able to identify concerning behaviors, and then ask the right questions to help someone who may be facing the risk of self-harm, or even suicide.

The ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults certification course aims to provide young adults, and the people around them with the information, knowledge, skills, and understanding to recognize and identify mental health challenges, and respond accordingly. You could use this information to help yourself or someone else suffering.

Curtin University developed the ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults online course with contribution and support from the following: Healthway Western Australia, Curtin University Teaching Excellence Fund, the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators, Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme - Universities Australia. If you study two to three hours/week, you can comfortably complete this online course in six weeks. Edx does offer 2 tracks, one is the audit track, and the other is the verified track. The audit track is free but it offers limited access to the course whereas the verified track is chargeable but gives unlimited access to the course materials.

The Highlights

Online Health and Safety course
Video lectures
Complimentary introduction video
Six-week CurtinX course
Self-paced learning course
Curtin University program
Study two to three hours weekly
Read learning materials at zero cost
Achievement certificate (verified by edX)
Accreditation available for purchase

Programme Offerings

Six-week Course
Online Course
Self-paced learning course
Curtin University programme
video lectures
Free introduction video
English Transcripts
Study two to three hours weekly
Health and Safety course
Introductory CurtinX program

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 12385	yes	Curtin University, Perth

You can access all the learning material free of cost.
But candidates have to pay the ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults certification fee in case they want certificates of completion.
‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults course fee structure

Training	Fee
‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults course.	NA.
Certification Fee	Rs. 12,385

What you will learn

Knowledge of Psychology

After completing ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults certification syllabus, learners should have the answers to the following questions:

What is mental health?
How does stress impact mental health?
Why do some people use self-harm as a coping strategy?
What are the risk factors for a mental health crisis and suicidality?
What questions to ask someone who may be on the brink of suicide?
How to identify and explain factors that contribute to poor mental health and suicide?

Who it is for

CounsellorSocial WorkerTeacher

Besides young adults themselves; parents, teachers, social workers, counselors, coaches, GPs, health professionals, and anyone responsible for a young person(s) or in regular contact with them, can take the Talk to Me online course.

Admission Details

Step 1: The ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults classes is available on edX. Click on the link below to go to their website, and apply to this program. https://www.edx.org/course/talk-to-me-improving-mental-health

Step 2: Once you have read the details, click on the ‘Enroll’ button to register.

Step 3: You can register by entering your details, creating a new account, or linking your existing Google, Apple, Microsoft, or Facebook account to edX.

Step 4: You can start learning as soon as you are done with the verification process.

Application Details

‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults certification by Edx Talk to Me course doesn’t create a need to file any forms. But you do need to create an account on edX. And for that, you only need to enter your full name, email address, country/region of residence, and create a public username for the edX platform and a password for sign-in.

The Syllabus

Explaining what mental health is
Understanding your own mental fitness
Understanding how stress affects mental health
Identifying and explaining factors that contribute to suicide and poor mental health

Explaining why we worry
Understanding and applying the ABC model
Identifying and explaining factors that lead to negative thinking

Differentiating between deliberate self-harm and Non-Suicidal Self-Injuries (NSSI)
Understand why NSSI is used as the coping strategy
Define alternative strategies to regulate emotions
Learning to use mindfulness-based tasks

Understand the types of questions; you may ask a person who can be at risk of suicide
Explaining the risk factors associated with suicidal behaviors in young adults
Learning to use mindfulness-based tasks

Explaining general suicide prevention methods
Understand how you can apply the ‘Talk to Me’ approach when handling an emergency

Understanding self-care options when managing someone else’s mental health needs
Recognizing risk factors for mental health crises and suicidality
Learning alternative strategies to address mental health crises
Describing response strategies for mental health crises
Facilitating appropriate and collaborative care

Instructors

Curtin University, Perth Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Does the course content overlap with some other program?

Yes. Some of the course content may overlap with the TTM2x: Managing Study, Stress, and Mental Health at University program.

2: Did Curtin University develop this ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults online course alone?

No. The Curtin University Teaching Excellence Fund, the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators, Healthway Western Australia, and the Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme - Universities Australia, made contributions and supported Curtin University in developing this course.

3: Is this course only for young adults?

No. This course is also for parents, teachers, social workers, counselors, coaches, GPs, health professionals, and anyone responsible for a young person(s) or in regular contact with them.

4: Is the ‘Talk to Me’: Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Young Adults training an advanced-level health and safety programme?

No. The study-level is introductory.

5: Will I have to purchase the completion certificate?

Yes, but only if you want to get certified. If you only want to learn, you can do it for free.