Welcome to our course on mental health awareness.
Let’s start by looking at some definitions…
Facts and figures
Around 1 in 5 (21%) adults experienced some form of depression in early 2021.
(27 January to 7 March)
“This is an increase since November 2020 (19%) and more than double observed before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (10%).”
Source: Office of National Statistics.
In any given week in England, the number of people reporting specific mental illness is approximately…
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Globally there has been a 13% rise in mental health conditions in the last decade (to 2017).
Around 20% of the world’s children and adolescents have a mental health condition.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15 to 29 year olds.You might find our course on Self Harm and Suicide course useful.
You may be familiar with this next symbol (especially Kung Fu Panda Fans).
You may have heard about yin, yang and qi (pronounced chee). Yin-yang refers to a concept originating in ancient Chinese philosophy where opposite forces are seen as interconnected and counterbalancing. The principle of yin and yang is that all things exist as inseparable and contradictory opposites, for example, dark-light, north-south and old-young.
Qi is all about energy.
It works alongside yin and yang which are always shifting and changing. Essentially, people need to respond to the changes we experience in our lives in order to maintain the harmony of yin and yang which relates to our mental wellbeing. If we do not make appopriate responses to change, we may find ourselves in a pattern of disharmony and subsequently into illness, disease and suffering.
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