Mental Health First Aid
2 - DAY STANDARD
This 2-Day interactive Face to Face workshop is the original MHFA program that teaches you how to assist adults who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves.
The 12-hour Standard Mental Health First Aid course is for any interested adult. Suitable for adults in workplaces, schools, and community settings to support other adults.
You will learn how to assist an adult who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves, using a practical, evidence-based action plan.
This course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals.
MHFA TRAINING IS ASSOCIATED WITH:
KNOWLEDGE
Improved knowledge of mental illnesses, their treatments and appropriate mental health first aid skills & strategies.
CONFIDENCE
Confidence in providing mental health first aid to a person experiencing a mental health problem.
DE-STIGMATISING
Decrease stigmatising attitudes and build your mental health language and skills.
INCREASED
SUPPORT
Increases in the amount and type of support that you are able to provide to others.
Demonstrate your Mental Health First Aid skills by becoming an Accredited Mental Health First Aider. Complete an online assessment after the course to become fully Accredited.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Meet Amanda...
Amanda is a Canadian-born therapist with more than 20 years experience and Masters Degrees in Counselling and Forensic Sexology.
Having provided
Mental Health First Aid training to members of the community and companies large and small across Australia for over a decade, she has the designation of MHFA Principle Master Trainer - the highest designation provided by Mental Health First Aid Australia.
When not delivering MHFA training, Amanda is a wife, a mother of boys, a coffee lover and a Michael Buble fan who enjoys listening to music and enjoying the warmth of the sun.
What People said about this course
@Jeffrey
I feel more confident in responding to mental health problems that occur at school with students, parents, volunteers and staff.
@Layla
As awareness of mental health increases its great to be able to do a course like this that dispels many myths and better equips us to be able to respond better.
@Alfian
This was one of the most interesting, engaging and informative courses I have ever completed.
What the course covers:
Learn about the signs and symptoms of common and disabling mental health problems in adults, how to provide initial help, where and how to get professional help, what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective, and how to provide first aid in a crisis situation.
This is an education course, to learn how to give first aid to others, and is not a therapy or support group.
DEVELOPING MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS COVERED
You will be amazed at just how much is covered in the 2-Day Training. Below is a taste of what you will learn about.
DEPRESSION
AND ANXIETY
PSYCHOSIS
SUBSTANCE
USE PROBLEMS
SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIOURS
NON-SUICIDAL
SELF-INJURY
(DELIBERATE
SELF-HARM)
PANIC ATTACKS
TRAUMATIC
EVENTS
SEVERE EFFECT
OF DRUG AND
ALCOHOL ABUSE
SEVERE
PSYCHOTIC
STATES
AGGRESSIVE
BEHAVIOURS
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