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Standard Mental Health First Aid MHFA
Introduction: Standard Mental Health First Aid (Standard MHFA)
The 12-hour Standard Mental Health First Aid MHFA course teaches any adult (18 years and over) how to provide initial support to someone who is experiencing a mental health problem or crisis.
Learn about the signs and symptoms of common mental health illnesses in adults, how to provide initial help, where and how to get professional help, what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective, and how to provide first aid in a crisis.
The 14-hour Mental Health First Aid course can be delivered in 1 of 3 ways:
Face-to-face: A 2-day (approximately 6 hours per day) course led by an accredited MHFA Instructor.
Blended face-to-face: A self-paced e-learning component (approximately 4 hours) followed by a 1-day face-to-face session OR 2 half-day face-to-face sessions led by an accredited MHFA Instructor.
Online: A self-paced eLearning component (approximately 4 hours) followed by 3 x 2.5-hour video-conferencing sessions led by an accredited MHFA Instructor.
MHFA Study Format Options
Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
Non-suicidal self-injury (deliberate self-harm)
Panic attacks
Traumatic events
Severe effects of drug and alcohol abuse
Severe psychotic states
Aggressive behaviours
Mental Health Crisis Situations Covered:
Developing Mental Health
Problems Covered:
Depression
Anxiety
Substance use problem
Psychosis
Who Should Attend?
Adults in Workplaces, Schools, and communities, or who want to support other Adults.
