Mental Health Support Tools – 2 Day

This course will be split into the following 4 sections over two days:

Section 1

• What Is Mental Health?
• Why Mental Health First Aid?
• The Five Steps of Mental Health
• First Aid
• Impact and Cost of Mental Health Problems
• Influences on Mental Health
• Risk and Protective Factors
• What is Depression?
• Alcohol, Drugs and Depression

Section 2

• Suicide in England
• How to Help Someone Who Is Suicidal
• Listening Non-Judgementally
• First Aid for Depression
• Treatment and Resources for Depression
• Self Care
• Mental Health Support Tools – 2 Day

Section 3

• What Is Anxiety?
• When Is Anxiety A Problem?
• Alcohol, Drugs and Anxiety Disorders
• Crisis First Aid for Panic Attacks
• Crisis First Aid for Acute Stress Reaction
• Some common thinking distortions
• Treatment and resources for anxiety
• Self-harm
• Eating disorders

Section 4

• What Is Psychosis?
• Understanding Psychosis
• Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
• Recovery from Psychosis
• Crisis First Aid for Acute Psychosis
• Treatment and Resources For Psychosis
• Action Planning for Using MHFA

CERTIFICATION

Attendance Certificate