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Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised training course, designed to teach people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis.
Attending this course will help you to:
-Raise awareness about mental health
-Improve mental health literacy
-Reduces stigma around mental ill health and feel confident guiding people towards appropriate support
-Boosts knowledge and confidence in dealing with mental health issues
-Encourage people to start a conversation with a person who may be experiencing mental health challenges
-Promotes early intervention which supports recovery
Our MHFA instructors deliver training in four manageable chunks, each with a focus on how to apply Mental Health First Aid skills:
Session 1: Mental Health First Aid, mental health, and depression.
Session 2: Depression (cont.), supporting people in crisis with suicidal thoughts.
Session 3: Anxiety, personality disorders, eating disorders and self-harm.
Session 4: Psychosis, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Who can attend?
This course is open to Lambeth voluntary sector staff and volunteers, and residents of Lambeth.
What participants say about the course:
"Best course I've done for years, essential for everyone to do regardless of professional background"
"I felt held and validated. Facilitators created a dynamic group environment which allowed for ease of learning. Thank you!"
"Really insightful and helpful, both instructors were incredible. Definitely learnt a lot of useful information in the past 2 days."
Duration
2 days