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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19 by University of Toronto

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About the Course

Never in the history of humanity have so many people been feeling intense anxiety related to COVID-19 and the world it will leave in its wake. The intent of this course is to give you a deeper understanding of the anxiety reaction as it relates to various aspects of our current life, ranging from our consumption of news to the way we talk to our children about this. I will also give you clear strategies for managing and, in fact, turning off the anxiety response at least for short periods. My sincere hope is that you will leave this course with a better understanding of how your brain reacts to crises, along with some powerful tools for managing it before it manages you. In this course we will cover: 1.1 Introduction and Overview 1.2 Understanding the Anxiety Response 1.3 The Necessity of Strategies to Manage Anxiety 1.4 Achieving Relaxation: A Skill We All Need to Learn Now 2.1 Why Watching the News is Addicting and How to Manage Your Consumption 2.2 The Critical Art of Mental Distraction to Crowd Out Stressors 2.3 How We Think About Physical Distancing and Explaining it to Our Children 3.1 The Effects of Isolation 3.2 Some Strategies to Make Isolation More Tolerable 3.3 The Importance of Social Connection in a Physical Distancing World 4.1 The Need to Guard Against Depression: The Importance of Control 4.2 Bring it Together: Practice Makes Proficient 4.3 Invitation to Suggest Additional Videos...

Top reviews

AM

Jul 17, 2020

So grateful that a course like this exists. I found the information that was presented easy to understand and in such a way that small changes to my daily routine seem manageable. Thank you very much!

VS

Jul 19, 2020

The course is very insightful. The topics were carefully and simply taught by Prof. Joordens. It's easy to understand and has helped a lot in understanding how our minds work esp during this pandemic.

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By p.Akhila

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Jun 18, 2020

I like to learn more things form it it is very usefull to the students keep going in these way and make as your 's possible ways many to help the students in these way

By Claudia M

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Feb 1, 2021

Thank you for the course. The mindful relaxation was helpful. In this stage of the pandemic I was not aware of my anxiety. Your course was what I needed at this time.

By RAYMOND M L

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Oct 31, 2020

This course is helpful in understanding the brain's reactions to stress and anxiety. The guided relaxation is also very helpful and will definitely continue to do it.

By Linda M N F P

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Aug 8, 2020

Me encantó el curso, las estrategias prácticas y la forma de comunicar... Muy importante aprender a manejar la ansiedad en estos tiempos de pandemia! Buenísimo curso!

By 19UCMA232

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Jul 7, 2020

This course was really useful and yeah i can control my anxiety. special thanks to Prof; Steve Joordens for teaching about mental health. it was really a useful one.

By Ferdinand B S

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Mar 25, 2021

This course is very helpful specially this covid pandemic, I was able to understand better people around me and why they act in this situations. Thank you so much.

By Bruna R F V

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Sep 30, 2020

Honestly Professor Steve Joordens is the best.

I just wish this course was longer since I really liked it. I hope I can attend more courses by Prof. in the future :)

By Sarah F

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Aug 22, 2020

Professor Joordens is such a wonderful and caring professor! Thank you for this course and for helping us learn ways to cope during these scary and uncertain times.

By Ataur R

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Aug 12, 2020

This is most helpful course in this pandemic situation. Thank you very much for managing this course. I am also proud of my course leader. you are most welcome sir.

By Ericka L

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Jul 26, 2020

Este curso me ayudo muchísimo al inicio del curso la pase muy mal tuve muchos problemas de ansiedad pero llevarlo me ayudo a manejar mi situación y ahora siento paz

By Danise A L

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Nov 6, 2020

Very timely and useful. This is the type of content we need especially that we are expecting a wave of mental health concerns during and after the global pandemic!

By Don R H H

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Aug 11, 2020

Thank you prof Joordens! This course has helped me understand the importance of staying relaxed and knowing how to return to that relaxed state when I am stressed.

By Michele D

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Jun 7, 2020

Excellent Professor. He was intelligent, enthusiastic, and empathetic. He had very sound and practical suggestions about managing mental health during COVID-19.

By M A K

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Jan 29, 2021

Excellent course with great tips for keeping mentally healthy at this challenging time. Good variety in course materials and excellent delivery by Steve Joordens.

By Rhuthshana S

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Jul 18, 2020

My favourite part about the course was how he included practical steps we could take to reduce our anxiety, and took the time to explain the mechanisms behind it.

By MOHIT G

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Jun 18, 2020

It was an amazing and informative course during this pandemic time I got many things to learn in this course So Thank you Sir for an informative session with you.

By Stefan M

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Jan 25, 2022

Thank you very much. This will be very helpful dealing with covid stresses plus for developing better mental health practices and understanding . Well done prof!

By Isabella S Z

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May 13, 2021

It is an excellent course, it offers different ways to better assimilate isolation and tools to use them when we feel anxious that they are useful in daily life.

By Sjbhosale S

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Jul 30, 2020

Professor is knowledgeable,calm and appreciated everyone helped him during preparations.

He humble to ask participant to add information to this course .

Love you!

By Robert C

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Jan 17, 2022

Excellent intro to anxiety and self-care. One of the clearest explanations of how the brain is wired, the function of anxiety, and how to overcome Covid stress.

By MARIANA C F

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Sep 25, 2020

Fue un curso excelente y enriquecedor! Siento me dio mucha información valiosa sobre como manejar el estrés y la ansiedad, lo cuál será muy valioso para mi vida

By joaquin m

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Sep 9, 2020

Excellent course, made by an excellent professor to gives a lot of really useful knowledge accompanied with practical abilities to deal with anxiety and stress.

By Krishna.Mohan

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Aug 14, 2020

I loved this very much and was informative...I want to complete more courses in this ...Thank you Coursera and SNM Training College for this Golden opportunity

By SHEMLA.K.T

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Jul 31, 2020

It is a wonderful course & I enjoyed it. Really very interesting. Got valuable tips to control anxiety during these pandemic days and in the similar situations.

By Luã N S S

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Jun 21, 2020

Great course for learning how to deal with anxiety. The clear explanations really help to change the way you frame certain mental responses to what's happening.