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Youth MHFA Course Outline
This is a 12 hour program typically run 9am-4pm over 2 days.
A specialist Youth Mental Health First Aid program, developed and designed to train adults to assist young people in mental health crisis situations and/or in the early stages of mental health problems.
Youth MHFA manual + MHFA attendance certificate + training materials included.
Mental health problems frequently first arise in adolescence and young adulthood. Young people have poorer knowledge about mental health and how to get professional help. They are particularly likely to initially need support from adults to get appropriate help.
Tailored to train adults to help youth specifically—
Crisis situations covered are:
- suicidal behaviours
- self-harm
- acute stress reaction
- panic attacks
- acute psychotic behaviour
Mental health problems covered are:
- depression
- anxiety disorders
- psychosis
- substance use disorders
- eating disorders
Participants will learn the signs and symptoms of these mental health problems, where and how to get help and what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective.
Download the Youth Mental Health First Aid Brochure (PDF 76KB)
Contact MindSavers or telephone 1300 842 040 to find out more about this renowned course, to reserve a place, or to schedule an in-house course for your group or business.
