Online Adult Mental Health First Aider Training
Accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health, this online Mental Health First Aid course qualifies delegates to become Mental Health First Aiders. This comprehensive online course is delivered over four accessible sessions of approximately 2hrs each with some self-directed learning in between with full access to the instructor outside of the live sessions. The course will cover the following learnings:
Course Outline
Session 1
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Why Mental Health First Aid?
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The Mental Health First Aid action plan
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What is mental health?
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Impact of mental health issues
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Stigma and discrimination
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What is depression?
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Symptoms of depression
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Risk factors for depression
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Depression in the workplace
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Session 3
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What is an anxiety disorder?
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First aid for anxiety disorders
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Crisis first aid after a traumatic event
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Alcohol, drugs and anxiety disorders
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Treatment and resources for anxiety disorders
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Cognitive distortions and CBT
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Personality disorders
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Eating disorders
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Self-harm
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Session 2
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Suicide figures
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Alcohol, drugs and mental health
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First aid for suicidal crisis
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Non-judgemental listening skills
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First aid for depression
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Treatment and resources for depression
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Self-care
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Session 4
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What is psychosis?
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Risk factors for psychosis
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Alcohol, drugs and psychosis
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Schizophrenia
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Bipolar disorder
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Warning signs of developing psychosis
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Crisis first aid for acute psychosis
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Treatment and resources for psychosis
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Recovery and building resources
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Action planning for using MHFA
mental health facts
These are all frightening statistics, which demonstrate the prevalence of mental ill health amongst the workplace and the need to take action. We all have mental health and we are all susceptible to mental ill health, which is an increasing challenge in today’s society. As pressures on the individual to perform better, achieve more and balance a multitude of challenges grows, it is a problem which cannot be ignored for businesses large or small.
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Research shows that the ROI of early-stage supporting activities such as mental health de-stigmatising campaigns, mandatory training on wellbeing and activities to support an employee’s resilience can range up to 8:1 (Source: Deloitte).
Did you know...
Video Case Study
How completing the Mental Health First Aid course has helped employees within the workplace at Siemens.
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what mindfulness services do you offer?We offer a range of individual, corporate and bespoke workshops and 1:1 coaching and you can read more about those on the Services page of our website. Both the pubic and corporate MBCT mIndfulness 8-session workshops follow the programme that was developed at Oxford University and is the only mindfulness course recommend by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and used within the NHS. Tricia Wilkie is a fully qualified teacher of MBCT and is registered on the UK Mindfulness Teachers Network.
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how can we embed mindfulness into our organisation?Starting with a free initial consultation to discuss the individual needs of your organisation we can then work together to embed a mindfulness strategy that best suits you. Typically, an 'Introduction to Mindfulness' workshop is held to gather interest before implementing a full course, bespoke sessions or mindfulness drop-in sessions.
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what facilities do we need to be able to offer mindfulness?We can work with whatever space you have for us to deliver our workshops. We have smart Powerpoint slide sets that accompany each session but if you do not have any A/V available, sessions can run perfectly well with flipcharts, which we can bring with us! A space big enough to seat all of your attendees is all that is required.
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are you able to deliver a workshop at our off-site event?Yes! We love to travel and can create a range of bespoke workshops to fit within the theme of your event. Past off-site events have included, mindful movement, mindful walking, mindful driving, introduction to mindfulness and intention setting at various meetings, kick-offs and conferences.
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how can our remote workers benefit from your workshops?We love to travel and can take mindfulness on to the road to reach your remote workers. Other options would be for them to dial-in to workshops or join a live online workshop specifically for them using your in-house conferencing facilities or Zoom/Skype.