Mental Health First Aid http://www.mhfaengland.org
MHFA is an internationally recognised, accredited two-day course that teaches people how to recognise and respond appropriately to signs of mental ill health. The practical, skills based approach demystifies mental health problems and challenges the stigma and discrimination that surrounds mental illness.
To date, there are over 650 instructors in England who have delivered the MHFA course to nearly 50,000 people.
AIMS:
This course teaches participants how to recognise and respond appropriately to signs of mental ill health. At the end of the course participants will be able to:
Recognise and respond appropriately to signs of mental ill health
Feel confident helping someone experiencing a problem
Help stop a mental illness from getting worse
Help someone recover faster
Guide someone towards the right support
Reduce the stigma of mental health problems
Participants will learn about
anxiety,
depression,
psychosis and
suicide
and will gain an understanding about risk factors, signs and symptoms and the range of available treatments.
This course is also offered with NOCN accreditation.
MHFA is an internationally recognised, accredited two-day course that teaches people how to recognise and respond appropriately to signs of mental ill health. The practical, skills based approach demystifies mental health problems and challenges the stigma and discrimination that surrounds mental illness.
To date, there are over 650 instructors in England who have delivered the MHFA course to nearly 50,000 people.
AIMS:
This course teaches participants how to recognise and respond appropriately to signs of mental ill health. At the end of the course participants will be able to:
Recognise and respond appropriately to signs of mental ill health
Feel confident helping someone experiencing a problem
Help stop a mental illness from getting worse
Help someone recover faster
Guide someone towards the right support
Reduce the stigma of mental health problems
Participants will learn about
anxiety,
depression,
psychosis and
suicide
and will gain an understanding about risk factors, signs and symptoms and the range of available treatments.
This course is also offered with NOCN accreditation.
