Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Welcome

    • Let’s start…

    • Definition

    • The Biopsycosocial Model Approach

    • Knowledge Check
  2. 2

    • Let's Start...

    • Introduction

    • Societal Factors

    • Psychological Factors

    • Torture

    • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

    • Major Depressive Disorder

    • The Journey To Safety: Acute Stress Disorder & Adjustment Disorder

    • Knowledge Check

    • Slide 7 v2
  3. 3

    • Let's Start...

    • Introduction - Immigration & Mental Health

    • Their New Destination

    • Reestablishing a Home and an Identity

    • Mental Health and Well-Being

    • Psychological Disorders Present In The Post-Migration Stage

    • Knowledge Check
  4. 4

    • Let's Start...

    • The Biopsychosocial Model In Practice

    • Barriers to Access Mental Health Services

    • Intervention Timing

    • Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility

    • Cultural Competence vs Cultural Humility

    • Walking The Fine Line

    • Addressing Mental Health In Settlement Intervention

    • Strategies For Support

    • Knowledge Check
  5. 5

    • Let’s start…

    • How to Understand Trauma

    • Trauma as an Underlying Framework

    • Defining Trauma Events

    • Systemic Traumas and Developmental Trauma

    • Manifestations of Trauma

    • Complex Trauma and Developmental Trauma Disorder

    • Developmental Trauma Disorder

    • Mitigating Factors in Trauma

    • Alternative Definitions of Trauma

    • PTSD Diagnostic Criteria

    • PTSD Symptoms

    • PTSD Specifiers

    • Complex PTSD (CPTSD)

    • PTSD vs. Complex PTSD

    • Neurophysiology of Trauma

    • Trauma Responses - Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Submit

    • Trauma in Body Language

    • Knowledge Check
  6. 6

    • Congratulations!

    • New Brunswick Mental Health Resources

    • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

    • Feedback for Us

    • About the author

    • Credits

    • References