Student Well-Being, Mental Health and Resiliency is a deeply researched and scientifically grounded course designed to help high school students understand and develop their mental health and emotional awareness as they make the move to university life.
According to a recent Canadian National College Health Assessment, over a quarter (26.3%) of Canadian post-secondary students reported having been diagnosed or treated for one or more mental health conditions within a 12-month period from starting university. The most common conditions reported were anxiety and depression. Around double this number of students reported symptoms, and these rates have continued to increase.
Student Well-Being, Mental Health and Resiliency is a condensed version of a popular full-semester credit course offered at Queen's University. It was developed by Dr. Anne Duffy, MSc, MD, FRCPC, an academic psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Student Mental Health at Queen’s University as a resource to help high school students preparare for university life.
In this self-paced online course, you explore:
- Fundamental terms and concepts for mental health literacy
- Stress, sleep and self-regulation
- Recreational drugs, alcohol and the vulnerable, developing brain
- Study-life balance, recreation and well-being
- Mental health awareness, recognition and accessing support
In conjunction with video clips and text-based learning, you’re prompted to reflect on your personal well-being and mental health and encouraged to apply actions and choices that improve mental health. Fictional student stories bring the concepts alive and additional resources and references provide plenty of opportunities for deeper learning.
This course is offered at a subsidized price to increase accessibility and 50% of the proceeds go to support UBC Athletics and Recreation. As you learn in this course, striking a healthy study-life balance by including time for recreation, exercise and social connectedness is an important part of supporting well-being.
There is no assessment in this course. Examples and answers to reflection questions are provided throughout to assist your learning process.
Expected Effort
Each of the five modules should take about two hours to complete, and no more than four hours depending on how many references and resources you explore.
Technology Requirements
To take this course, you’ll need access to:
- an email account
- a computer, laptop or tablet
- the latest version of a web browser (or previous major version release)
- a reliable internet connection.
You can also use your Apple or Android mobile device. The small screen, however, may not offer you the best viewing experience.
Textbooks
There are no textbooks required. All materials and links to resources are provided in the course.
Course Format
This course is 100% online. There are no live classes or events. Log in anytime to your course and work at your own pace.
How to Register
You can register for this self-paced course any day of the year. On the day you register, your 60-day course time begins. Whether you register at the start, middle, or end of a registration window (seen below in “Available Sessions”), you still have 60 days to complete the course (or more if you request an extension). Our online system creates three-month registration windows and there will be windows all year, so you can register anytime.
After you have registered, instructions on how to access the course online in Canvas Catalog will be included in your course registration receipt email.