Mental Health First Aid Training

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Categories: First Aid - Mental Health , First Aid Training Courses

£315 per delegate. This may be less for special offers on specific course dates and in-company training courses

Duration: 2 days

Trainer: F830SS

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Course Overview
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Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised training course which teaches people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis. MHFA won’t teach you to be a therapist, but just like physical first aid, it will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis.

Who Should Attend:

Those wishing to have a more practical, hands on approach to supporting others in mental health. This course is well suited to those needing to recognise factors surrounding people that could be or may affect their wellbeing and how to correctly guide and support them.

Course Contents:

- Why Mental Health First Aid?
- The Mental Health First Aid action plan
- What is mental health?
- Impact of mental health issues
- Stigma and discrimination
- What is depression?
- Symptoms of depression
- Risk factors for depression
- Depression in the workplace
- Suicide figures
- Alcohol, drugs and mental health
- First aid for suicidal crisis
- Non-judgemental listening skills
- First aid for depression
- Treatment and resources for depression
- Self-care
- What is an anxiety disorder?
- First aid for anxiety disorders
- Crisis first aid after a traumatic event
- Alcohol, drugs and anxiety disorders
- Treatment and resources for anxiety disorders
- Cognitive distortions and CBT
- Personality disorders
- Eating disorders
- Self-harm
- What is psychosis?
- Risk factors for psychosis
- Alcohol, drugs and psychosis
- Schizophrenia
- Bipolar disorder
- Warning signs of developing psychosis
- Crisis first aid for acute psychosis
- Treatment and resources for psychosis
Recovery and building resources
- Action planning for using MHFA

Duration:

2 Days

Additional Information:

Every MHFA course is delivered by a quality assured instructor who has attended our Instructor Training programme accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health, and is trained to keep people safe and supported while they learn.

The course either has new dates in data loading, or is only run as a dedicated or In Company course.

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