Mental Health First Aid
Duration: 2 Days | Price: 170
Duration: 2 Days
Price: 170
Price: 170
Overview/Topics:
Learn how YOU can bring Mental Health First Aid into your community.
International evaluations and feedback have found the following outcomes for participants undertaking an MHFA course:
- Increased awareness of signs and symptoms of the most common mental health problems
- Decreased stigma related to mental health
- Increased confidence interacting with individuals experiencing a mental health problem or crisis
- Increased help actually provided to individuals in crisis or experiencing a mental health problem
Topics:
- Mental Health Problems and Stigma
- Substance-related Disorders
- Mood-related Disorders
- Anxiety and Trauma-related Disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Psychotic Disorders
Additional Info:
The full 2 day course is offered through the Mental Health Commission of Canada
MHFA Canada is an evidence based program of The Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Mental Health Awareness Courses
Designed to empower yourself and others to cope and manage with everyday stressers, triggers, addictions and mental health concerns in the workplace and community.
Please call for pricing and booking information: 1-866-347-7824
Topics Include:
- Mood-related Disorders and Suicide Intervention
- Anxiety and Trauma-Related Disorders
- Addictions and Substance-Use Disorders
- Acute Psychosis and Psychosis-Related Disorders
- Stigmas & Stereotypes
- Mental Health in the Workplace
Covering Strategies for:
- Building healthy self-care and coping techniques
- Increasing confidence to engage in mental health conversation
- Harm reduction
- Accessing support resources
- Recognizing mental health emergencies
- Effective communication during a crisis
Topics Include:
- Addictions and Substance-Use Disorders
- Mood-related Disorders and Suicide Intervention
- Anxiety and Trauma-Related Disorders
- Acute Psychosis and Psychosis-Related Disorders
Covering Strategies for:
- Understanding mental health and the connection to our overall health
- The importance of raising mental health awareness within our workplaces and communities
- Breaking down the stigmas/stereotypes surrounding mental health problems and disorders
Topics covered in this informative, 1 hour workshop include:
- Understanding the Opioid Crisis
- How to recognize and respond to an overdose
- Naloxone training & safety tips
- Understanding substance-use disorders
- Breaking down the stigmas
- Effects of opioids, stimulants and other drugs
- Accessing care within the community
- Crisis Intervention/Suicide Prevention
- Cannabis – Education & Harm Reduction
- Emotional Crisis and Acute Psychosis
- Mental Health Training for the First Responder and Healthcare Worker
Call for pricing & booking info: 1-866-347-7824
What You Receive:
Training Centres:
Our BIG & BRIGHT training centres are located in Barrie, Vaughan & Bracebridge.
We also regularly deliver courses at Georgian College campuses.
If you would like to book private training for your group please call us at 1-866-FIRST-AID
