Mental Health First Aid
About
Around 1 in 5 Australian adults experience a common mental illness each year.
Understanding how to talk about mental health and help someone in need are important skills. Many people feel uncomfortable and unprepared when thinking about starting a conversation with someone they are concerned about.
At a Mental Health First Aid course, you will learn how to recognise the signs and symptoms of mental health problems and learn the skills to feel confident and able to help.
Having mental health first aid skills means that you can assist someone developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis and make a real difference to your community.
Training outcomes:
KNOWLEDGE
Increases mental health literacy
CONFIDENCE
Increases confidence in providing mental health first aid
DE-STIGMATISING
Decreases stigmatising attitudes
SUPPORT
Increases the support provided to others
Mental Health in Australia
1 in 5 Australian adults experiences a mental illness
in any given year.
Mental ill health costs Australian workplaces $4.7 billion in absenteeism, $1.6 billion in presenteeism and $146 million in compensation claims per year.1 Only 22% of full-time workers with signs of common mental illness receive treatment for their mental health problems.
Mental Health First Aid
More and more workplaces are realising the impact of mental health problems at work on their people and productivity.
Encouraging early help- seeking is one way to promote a mentally healthy workplace.
This is where Mental Health First Aid can help.
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Mental health first aid is an evidence-based training course which gives your employees the skills and confidence to have supportive conversations with their co-workers and help guide them to professional help if needed. It has been shown to increase knowledge, confidence and helping behaviours, and reduce stigma.
Workplace training
Statistics
4 million
people trained globally
25+
Countries that have adopted MHFA
900,000
4,500+
Australians who have completed the training
MHFA courses run in Australia each year
Feedback
"Kate was engaging and presented in a clear understandable manner. Kate's presentation skills were in depth but in a way that were easy to identify with I would do another course with Kate"​
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