Mental Health First Aid Curriculum

Curriculum Highlights

This interactive 12-hour program can be conducted as one 2-day seminar, two 1-day events, or four 3-hour sessions.

In this interactive training, participants will learn to:

Identify the warning signs and risk factors for a range of mental health problems including: Depression, self-harm, Bipolar disorder, Anxiety disorders, panic attacks, psychosis and psychotic disorders (including schizophrenia), substance use disorders, eating disorders.
Use a 5-step action plan to recognize symptoms of mental health problems, how to offer and provide initial help, and how to guide a person to appropriate treatments and other supportive help.
Dispel myths about mental illness and understand the prevalence of mental illness.