FutureLearn

Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture (FutureLearn)

Offered by University of Liverpool,

How a psychological understanding of our emotions and behaviour can give us new ways to improve mental health and well-being. Psychological therapies and the work of clinical psychologists are now very popular. This free online course provides an introduction to how psychologists understand emotions, behaviours and thinking patterns, and how this helps clinical psychologists make sense of their clients’ problems.

Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see FutureLearn's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.

Over six weeks, you will explore some of the current challenges and debates in the area of diagnosis and treatment, and discover new ways of thinking psychologically about mental health.
You will gain new perspectives on the “nature vs nurture” debate, and understand how we are affected by life experiences. You will also discuss new research, which promises to help us improve our own mental health and well-being.

Go to Class

MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

FutureLearn

University of East Anglia

Dysphagia: Swallowing Difficulties and Medicines (FutureLearn)

Health & Society Medicine & Pharmacology

This course will enhance the knowledge of any person involved in the administration of medicines to patients with dysphagia. The course offers an opportunity to network with other learners and with the creators of the course through discussions, graphs and social networking features and to share knowledge with other learners and professionals.

Self Paced

5-12 Weeks

Medicine Health Swallowing Difficulties

FutureLearn

University of Oslo

Music Moves: Why Does Music Make You Move? (FutureLearn)

Film & Audio

Learn about the psychology of music and movement, and how researchers study music-related movements, with this free online course. Learn about why and how music makes you move. Music is movement. A bold statement, but one that we will explore together in this free online course. Together we will study music through different types of body movement. This includes everything from the sound-producing keyboard actions of a pianist to the energetic dance moves in a club.

Self Paced

5-12 Weeks

Music Psychology Music Cognition

FutureLearn

University of Glasgow

Introduction to Critical Care Medicine (FutureLearn)

Health & Society

Learn how to handle complex issues faced in Critical Care Units when other options on the ward have been exhausted. Learn how to manage common presentations seen in Critical Care Units. Critical care is an emerging specialty in hospitals and, with an increasing population living with multiple co-morbidites, the burden on Critical Care Units is rising. In this course, find out about the common presentations seen in a Critical Care Unit and how to manage them effectively.

Self Paced

3 Weeks

Health Critical Care Pneumonia

FutureLearn

University of Birmingham

Liver Disease: Looking After Your Liver (FutureLearn)

Health & Society Medicine & Pharmacology

Learn about how your liver works, ways to look after it and how liver damage is caused, studied and treated around the world. We are currently experiencing an international explosion of liver disease that continues to have enormous impact upon healthcare systems and global health. In the UK we have seen a 20% increase in deaths related to liver disease since 2000 and this pattern reflects the global situation.

Self Paced

3 Weeks

Medicine Health Liver Disease

FutureLearn

Taipei Medical University

Introduction to Nutrition and Food Safety (FutureLearn)

Engineering Food & Nutrition

Learn the basics of nutrition and understand what foods can harm us. What, and how much, we eat has an enormous impact on our health. But with confusing packaging and news headlines it can be hard to know how to eat well and what foods could potentially harm us.

Self Paced

4 Weeks

Health Nutrition Food

FutureLearn

Trinity College Dublin

Achieving Sustainable Development (FutureLearn)

Social Sciences Sci: Environment

Explore the challenges of sustainable development. See the impact of UN Sustainable Development Goals on real people. Consider the impact that UN Sustainable Development Goals could have. Governments of the world have signed up to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a UN initiative for international development. They are targets for improving the world by 2030, including: health, environment, education, and security. But will they have an impact on the lives of people?

Self Paced

4 Weeks

Health Healthcare Water

FutureLearn

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - BSAC

OPAT: Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (FutureLearn)

Health & Society

Learn how patients with a serious infection can be managed in outpatient settings with the help of an OPAT service. Discover the function, role and limitations of an OPAT service. OPAT is a clinical service which enables patients with serious infection to be managed in an outpatient setting. The service aims to facilitate admission avoidance or early hospital discharge. On this course, you will be introduced to the concept of OPAT. You’ll start by looking at the roles and responsibilities within the multi-disciplinary OPAT team.

Self Paced

2 Weeks

Health Healthcare Antimicrobial

FutureLearn

University of Reading

Small and Mighty: Introduction to Microbiology (FutureLearn)

Sci: Biology & Life Sciences Health & Society

Understand the basics of microbiology and explore the diversity of microbial life in our world. Discover the fascinating world of microbes. Microbes may be invisible to the eye, but they dominate every environment on Earth – including you. Microbes are often associated with disease yet the majority of species help to keep us alive. How can you distinguish the good from the bad?

Self Paced

3 Weeks

Health Biology Food

FutureLearn

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - BSAC

Challenges in Antibiotic Resistance: Point Prevalence Surveys (FutureLearn)

Health & Society Medicine & Pharmacology

Learn how to use Point Prevalence Surveys (PPS) to measure antibiotic consumption and fight antimicrobial resistance. Point Prevalence Surveys (PPS) are an important tool for healthcare professionals to use to assess and improve antibiotic prescribing locally, nationally and globally. This online course - led by experts from the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) - looks at their use. You’ll discover the importance of measuring antibiotic consumption and how PPS can help.

Self Paced

2 Weeks

Health Healthcare Antibiotics

FutureLearn

University of Aberdeen

Nutrition and Wellbeing (FutureLearn)

Food & Nutrition Health & Society

Demystify the complex and conflicting messages we hear about diet, health and lifestyle today, with this free online course. Gain skills to evaluate nutrition information and apply to your own diet. This course will help you understand the scientific basis of human nutrition, and current nutrition concepts and controversies.

Self Paced

4 Weeks

Health Nutrition Food

FutureLearn

University of Southampton

Understanding Insulin (FutureLearn)

Sci: Biology & Life Sciences Health & Society

Learn more about all things insulin: from how it works, to insulin types, to side effects and guidance on how to prescribe safely. The current spend on diabetes care by the NHS is estimated to be £1.6 million pounds per hour. 80% of this is spent on managing diabetes complications, the risk of which can be significantly reduced through effective blood glucose control using insulin.

Self Paced

4 Weeks

Health Healthcare Diabetes

FutureLearn

The Open University

Forensic Psychology: Witness Investigation (FutureLearn)

Health & Society Science

How important are eyewitness testimonies in police investigations? Discover how forensic psychology prevents criminal injustice. Become a forensic psychologist and help solve crimes using eyewitness evidence. Have you ever questioned how reliable your own mind is? In this 8-week forensic psychology course, you’ll learn how the mind plays tricks on us and how this can impact criminal investigations. You’ll discover how cautious the police have to be during eyewitness investigation, and you’ll step into the shoes of a forensic psychologist.

Self Paced

5-12 Weeks

Psychology Forensic Science Forensics