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Module 8 of the Mental Health Literacy programme

Seeking the Right Information

How to find reliable mental health information, judge online content and AI tools critically, avoid health anxiety traps, and move from information to action.

About 30 minutes, 4 lessons, 9 activities

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Seeking the Right Information

About this module

Education is the antidote to stigma, but in a world flooded with online content, not all information is reliable. This module helps you become a skilled, critical seeker of mental health information. You will learn the risks and benefits of the internet and social media, a 5-point reliability check, the promise and dangers of AI chatbots, where to find trustworthy government programmes, charities, books, films and helplines, and how confirmation bias and cyberchondria can mislead us. Above all, you will learn to avoid the 'research loop trap' and turn information into action.

What you will learn

  • Identify the main sources of mental health information and their strengths and risks
  • Apply a 5-point reliability check to online information
  • Evaluate the benefits and dangers of digital communities and AI chatbots
  • Explain confirmation bias and cyberchondria and how to avoid them
  • Locate trustworthy government programmes, charities, literature and helplines in India
  • Use information as a step towards professional help rather than a substitute for it

Syllabus

  1. 1

    The Information Landscape

    Where we look, and how to judge what we find online.

    • Where We Look for InformationReading, 2 min
    • The Internet, Social Media and the 5-Point CheckReading, 2 min
  2. 2

    Digital Help: Communities and AI

    What online communities and AI chatbots can and cannot do.

    • Online Communities and AI ChatbotsReading, 2 min
    • Confirmation Bias and CyberchondriaReading, 2 min
  3. 3

    Trusted Sources

    Government programmes, charities, books, films and helplines.

    • Trusted Sources in IndiaReading, 3 min
    • From Information to ActionReading, 2 min
    • Practice Quiz: Seeking Reliable InformationPractice quiz, 6 min
  4. 4

    Module Wrap-up

    • Module SummaryReading, 1 min
    • Graded Quiz: Seeking the Right InformationGraded quiz, 12 min

Earn your certificate

Pass the graded quiz in each of the twelve modules and the final assessment to receive a verifiable Certificate in Mental Health Literacy.

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