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Exploring Mental Health: A Comprehensive Approach

About the Course

In this course, we delve deep into the fundamental principles that underpin mental health, providing you with valuable insights and practical tools to enhance your emotional resilience and psychological well-being. This course is designed to bridge that knowledge gap by offering a structured exploration of the core principles that govern mental health. Through a series of engaging lectures and thought-provoking discussions, you will gain a profound understanding of not only the intricacies of mental health but also the strategies to foster and maintain it.

Course Objectives

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About the Instructor

Prof Noam Shpancer
Department of Psychology
Otterbein University

Noam Shpancer, Ph. D., is a professor of psychology. He received his Ph.D. at Purdue University, specialising in clinical and developmental psychology. Shpancer’s research interests center on various dimensions of the home-daycare link, including parent-caregiver relations, people’s childcare attitudes and perceptions, and children’s adaptation across contexts. He is a licensed, practicing clinical Psychologist with The Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy in Columbus, Ohio. His clinical speciality is in the assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders. He teaches introductory psychology, child development, personality, abnormal psychology, human sexuality, assessment, advanced research, and health psychology.

Course Curriculum

Lecture 1 & 2: Introduction: Defining Mental Health

  • Lecture 1: Intro
    00:00
  • Lecture Video Link
    00:00

Lecture 3: First Principle: Check the Facts

Lecture 4: Second Principle: Honor (But Do Not Worship) Your Experience

Lecture 5: Third Principle: Competence over Perfection

Lecture 6: Fourth Principle: Flexibility over Rigidity

Lecture 7: Fifth Principle: Engagement over Avoidance

Lecture 8: Sixth Principle: Accept (But Do Not Obey) Your Emotions

Lecture 9: Seventh Principle: Think (Again) About Your Thinking

Lecture 10: Eighth Principle: Things Are Not as They Seem

Lecture 11: Ninth principle: Context Matters

Lecture 12: Tenth principle: Remember Your Death

Lecture 13: Eleventh Principle: Try to Love

Lecture 14: Summary and Reflection