Welcome to the Positive Psychiatry online course created by the Education Department at the Brain and Mind Center, University of Sydney. We are a team of three psychiatrists who are passionate about community education as a means of empowerment. That is Associate Professor Louise Nash, Associate Professor Loyola McLean, and myself. We have brought together a large number of Australia's leading experts from psychiatry, psychology, and mental health research, to share their ideas. We'll also hear from experts by experience - people who have lived with mental illness and share their stories of personal recovery. Good mental health is about feeling good and functioning well. And positive psychiatry is about building strength as well as fixing problems. The course will also cover the fundamentals of mental illness and practical strategies for staying strong and enhancing well-being. The course is organized into five modules, each designed to be covered in one week. In the first module, we meet Tina, a lived experience and recovery expert who tells the first part of her story. This module will cover positive mental health, stress, and resilience, and some of the important findings from Aristotle through to recent research on the correlates of happiness. The second module is about the body and mind. We will learn about the central importance of physical health and lifestyle, and how exercise can be used as an evidence based treatment for common mental health conditions. We will cover basic relaxation and mindfulness strategies, as well as personality strengths and how to identify your own strengths. In the third module we talk about love and work, and introduce the complementary ideas of rest and play. We will hear about attachment theory, social connections, and the ancient wisdom of Australian Aboriginal views on well-being. We discuss the importance of contributing, and here you will find out whether or not work is good for you. In the fourth module, we cover the major categories of mental illness; their symptoms, causes, and treatments. This includes the more common conditions such as anxiety, depression, and addictions, as well as less common mental illness such as psychosis, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Our fifth and final module in this course will detail some of the many paths to recovery. From early intervention through the philosophy of personal recovery, consumer support networks, creative arts as therapy, as well as spiritual and religious practices. Within each module there will be many lectures and links to recommended readings. There will be self-assessment questionnaires and practical homework tasks including SMART goal setting. Assessments include quizzes and peer marked short answer questions. So join us for the next five weeks on a shared journey of learning towards better mental health and better understanding of this fundamental aspect of our well-being.