2025
Mental Health Promotion
Name: Mental Health Promotion
Code: ENF15796O
3 ECTS
Duration: 8 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Nursing
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: B-learning
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
1. Understand the importance of promoting mental health and preventing mental illness.
2. Explore and apply different non-pharmacological interventions in nursing practice, enhancing the promotion of healthy lifestyles.
3. Understand the interconnection between cognitive, emotional, neurophysiological, and behavioral factors in stress and anxiety regulation, applying strategies based on integrative interventions to promote healthy habits and well-being.
2. Explore and apply different non-pharmacological interventions in nursing practice, enhancing the promotion of healthy lifestyles.
3. Understand the interconnection between cognitive, emotional, neurophysiological, and behavioral factors in stress and anxiety regulation, applying strategies based on integrative interventions to promote healthy habits and well-being.
Contents
1. Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental Illness
? Fundamental concepts of mental health and well-being.
? Strategies for promoting mental health in different contexts.
? Prevention of mental illness: early identification and intervention.
2. Self-awareness and emotional self-regulation
? Emotional intelligence and self-awareness in care.
? Impact of stress on physical and mental health.
? Emotional regulation techniques for professionals and users
? Stress assessment and coping strategies.
3. Developing Healthy Habits to Reduce Anxiety
? Strategies to promote well-being and reduce anxiety.
4. Non-Pharmacological Interventions in Mental Health
? Relaxation techniques.
? Practical application.
5. Toxic Positivity: Risks and Critical Reflections
? Definition and impact of toxic positivity.
? Difference between healthy optimism and emotional denial.
? How to avoid toxic positivity in clinical practice.
? Fundamental concepts of mental health and well-being.
? Strategies for promoting mental health in different contexts.
? Prevention of mental illness: early identification and intervention.
2. Self-awareness and emotional self-regulation
? Emotional intelligence and self-awareness in care.
? Impact of stress on physical and mental health.
? Emotional regulation techniques for professionals and users
? Stress assessment and coping strategies.
3. Developing Healthy Habits to Reduce Anxiety
? Strategies to promote well-being and reduce anxiety.
4. Non-Pharmacological Interventions in Mental Health
? Relaxation techniques.
? Practical application.
5. Toxic Positivity: Risks and Critical Reflections
? Definition and impact of toxic positivity.
? Difference between healthy optimism and emotional denial.
? How to avoid toxic positivity in clinical practice.
Teaching Methods
Teaching methodologies:
The teaching methodology will be interactive expository (T), complemented by practical examples (TP) applied in a face-to-face context (practical classes) and online (asynchronous sessions). Different pedagogical resources will be used, including:
? Interactive teaching materials, developed to support online and offline learning.
? Practical exercises, allowing the reinforcement and application of acquired knowledge in real clinical practice situations.
The teaching methodology will be interactive expository (T), complemented by practical examples (TP) applied in a face-to-face context (practical classes) and online (asynchronous sessions). Different pedagogical resources will be used, including:
? Interactive teaching materials, developed to support online and offline learning.
? Practical exercises, allowing the reinforcement and application of acquired knowledge in real clinical practice situations.
Assessment
Evaluation Methodologies:
The evaluation will take place at the end of each module and will correspond to the organization of a thematic panel discussion about the topic and will take place at the end of the course during a Conference.
The approval of the course requires the achievement of a classification of ?9.5 values.
The evaluation will take place at the end of each module and will correspond to the organization of a thematic panel discussion about the topic and will take place at the end of the course during a Conference.
The approval of the course requires the achievement of a classification of ?9.5 values.
Teaching Staff
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