Youth Mental Health First Aid courses coming up:
- 23 February
- 24 February
- 22 March
- 23 March
We can offer away day training or in-house training for your workforce.
YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training course provides an overview of common mental health problems, causes, symptoms and treatments in young people ages 11 - 18.
What are the course aims?
- Spot the early signs of a mental health problem in young people
- Feel confident helping a young person experiencing a problem
- Provide help on a first aid basis
- Help protect a young person who might be at risk of harm
- Help prevent a mental health illness from getting worse
- Help a young person recover faster
- Guide a young person towards the right support
- Reduce the stigma of mental health problems
The Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) course outline -
Section 1:
- England's Child Health Care Policy
- Definition of mental health
- Adolescent development
- Common youth mental disorders
- Preventing mental health problems
- Promoting well-being and protective factors
- The Youth MHFA Action Plan
Section 2 - Anxiety and Depression:
- What are anxiety and depressive disorders?
- Signs and symptoms
- Crisis first aid for panic attacks
- Treatment and resources
Section 3 - Psychosis and Suicide:
- The facts about suicide
- Possible warning signs
- Crisis first aid for suicidal behaviour
- What is psychosis?
- Signs of psychosis
- Action planning for using MHFA
- Crisis first aid for acute psychosis
- Treatment and resources for psychosis
Section 4 - Self-harm, substance misuse and eating disorders:
- What is it
- Why is it important
- Possible causes
- Signs and symptoms
- Treatment and resources
- Action Planning using MHFA