What you'll learn:
- Recognise signs of depression and be able to evade it
- How depression is linked to decluttering (clutter)
- Know how to help others avoid depression
- The clutter-depression-anxiety cycle
- How cinema visits reduce depression
- The impact of horror films on depression
- How the performing arts benefit mental health
This short, updated course (Feb 2025) covers the following:
1. The stress of your children leaving home
2. Missing someone you love
3. War and depression
4. The death of a spouse
5. Can watching a film make you depressed?
6. War (in films) and depression
7. Suicide and depression
8. What if a family member has depression?
9. Crosswords and depression
10. Conflict resolution
11. Homelessness and depression
Throughout the course, homework is set - with links to Youtube videos, news articles and journals to help you answer the questions. In most lectures a film ( in which the Instructor appears) is used to illustrate the points made. There are also several Case Studies for discussion.
The more you participate the more you will get out of this course.
Others say:
"life changing experience. your efforts are really appreciable for all and creating this course."
- Nisar Ali
"I think it is very interesting as it involves applying film to emotions."
- Tricia Bethel
"i am taking it for professional reasons. i hope to start at masters in counselling and psychotherapy for children, young adults and families in sept 2019. i hope this course will give me a taste of some of the issues i will learn about."
Malka Gluck
So - Key Points to the Approach of this course
Three stages:
1. A topic is outlined
2. A film/film clip is included that illustrates some of the points made
3. You are then set homework/further research.
Do all that and you'll really enjoy the course - and get the Oxford Diploma!
