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Is this course for you?
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Are you interested in looking at holistic ways to support people’s mental health and want to study at your own pace?
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Do you have an interest in exercise & mental health but lack confidence to support your clients?
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Do you want to be propelled into being in the top 1% globally in the knowledge and skills of exercise for mental health?
​If so, the two-day course on exercise and mental health can provide you with knowledge and skills to support people with their mental health through exercise.
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What will it cover?
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What is mental health and how is this different from mental illness?
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What are the most common types of mental illness, how may these present and how can I support these people?
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What role does exercise play in the broader multidisciplinary team management of peoples mental health?
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How much exercise should people do and does the type matter?
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What factors should I consider when developing an exercise program for someone’s mental health?
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What is the evidence, application and how do I use this for people with depression, anxiety and stress related disorders, serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia spectrum, eating disorders
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When is exercise not suitable?
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What motivation and behaviour strategies can I use?
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What is the broader role of lifestyle psychiatry (e.g. nutrition, reducing harmful substance) in supporting people with mental illness?
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How can I measure what matters and show my interventions are working?
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Importantly, this training focuses on critical thinking around the evidence and how this can be applied through many case studies.