Mental health and intoxicating substances

This course explores mental health, substance use and crises across individual, community and societal levels. You will learn key legislation, understand preventive and corrective work, recognise risk and protective factors, and grasp the basics of crisis responses.

10.8.2026 - 31.12.2026

4 cr

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• protective and exposing factors (individual, community, society and global level)
• central legislation related to mental health, substance abuse and crisis work
• key concepts of mental health
• work that promotes and remedies mental health
• levels of substance use
• preventive, remedial and problem-reducing substance abuse work
• manifestation of crises
• principles of crisis work and forms of help
• reflection on professional growth

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Health and welfare

Scope

4 cr

Code

ELA0104A25S

Students
• understand individual, communal, social and cultural factors related to mental health and substance abuse
• know how to assess and analyse their values and attitudes to mental health and substance use and identify and reduce social stigmatisation
• are familiar with the central legislation related to mental health, substance abuse and crisis work
• understand the role of preventive, remedial and problem-reducing work in mental health, substance and crisis work
• understand the significance of factors protecting wellbeing and positive mental health
• know the basics of intoxicating substances and the risks and downsides related to their use
• understand the basics of how various crises manifest

Organiser

Diaconia University of Applied Sciences

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