Mental Health First Aid Courses
Approximately 20% of Australian adults experience a common mental illness each year. Completing a Mental Health First Aid Course will help you to develop the skills to support a friend, family member or co-worker.
Having mental health first aid skills means that you can assist someone developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis and make a real difference to your community.
Mental Health First Aid Courses are based on evidence of what is best practice mental health first aid to support someone who has a mental health problem or is experiencing a mental health crisis. This evidence has been developed in partnership with the University of Melbourne, through developing guidelines that cover a number of mental health problems, crises and in different contexts. Once developed, courses are evaluated to assess the outcomes.
Standard
12-hour course for adults assisting other adults.
Youth
14-hour course for adults assisting young people.
Suicidal Person
Half-day course for adults assisting someone experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviours.
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
Half-day course for adults assisting someone engaging in self-injury.
Why Complete a Mental Health First Aid Course?
Mental Health Blog
What causes mental illness?
There are numerous theories and myths relating to why some people develop a mental illness. One of the biggest myths is that it is a character flaw, a weakness but that is not the case – mental illness does not discriminate and can happen to ANYONE! Some theories talk...
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When does having a bad day become a mental health problem?
Think of mental health as a continuum, with health at one side and illness at the other. When does having a bad day become a mental health problem? Is a mental health problem the same as a mental illness? Two words are really important here, severity and persistence....
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What is Mental Health?
Over the next few months, we are going to be addressing some of the most common myths surrounding mental health. Firstly, let’s look at mental health – what exactly is it? What words come to you mind when you hear the phrase mental health? Maybe psycho, depression,...
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📞 Phone lines at the office are currently down, we blame Telstra! 🤷🏼♀️
Be Right Back, hopefully! 💙
You can still make bookings online and send emails to [email protected]
💙 October 16th ❤️
World Restart a Heart Day!
“All citizens of the world can save a life” 🌎
The aim of this initiative is to raise awareness and ultimately improve the low numbers of survivors of Cardiac Arrest.
Learning correct and effective CPR is just one small way that you can contribute. This will take 2.5 hours out of your day, but could mean that a friend or family member lives to see another day.
Would you know what to do if a loved one needed your help? 💕
Tag someone below to encourage them to learn some new skills ⬇️
10/10 - World Mental Health Day 🧠 🌎
As many as 1 in 5 Australians are affected by mental illness and even more are affected by short term mental health issues.
Many don’t speak out or seek the help that they need and deserve.
World Mental Health Day is a day for Global Mental Health education, awareness, and advocacy against social stigma.
Today we encourage you to check in with yourself and those around you. Encourage open communication.
Friday Fun-day! Who's excited for the long weekend? 😍
⭐️Start your Friday with some training:
Which of the following statements best describes when you have a legal duty of care to help others in an emergency?
A: You have a legal duty of care to help others when you are responsible for their health and wellbeing, and it is safe to provide assistance.
B: You always have a legal duty of care to help others
If you've completed your CPR course with us this question may look familiar 😉
Okay, we think these guys are the cutest First Aid Course attendees in history 😍
One of our participants is a wildlife carer, and she’s looking after these babies because they’ve lost their mothers. 🐾
Our office and training staff thought they were an adorable distraction this afternoon 💙