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Youth Mental Health First Aid
Will teach you how to assist adolescents who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves, using a practical, evidence-based Action Plan. This course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals.
Mental health problems covered
• Depression and anxiety
• Eating disorders
• Psychosis
• Substance use problems
Mental health crises covered
• Suicidal thoughts and behaviors
• Non-suicidal self-injury
• Panic attacks
• Traumatic events
• Severe psychotic states
• Severe effects from alcohol or other drug use
• Aggressive behaviors
Delivery methods there are 3 options
Face to face: engaging and popular, there is no pre-study required and generally runs over 2 x 6-hour sessions.
Blended online : 3-4 hours of pre-study (online) followed by a face-to-face session total 6 hours.
Fully online : 3-4 hours of pre-study (online) followed by 2 x online sessions at 2.5 hours each. Very popular for those with multiple locations or in a remote location.
Confidence, Trust, Support, Evidence based training
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