Mental Health First Aid Standard
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the support provided to a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis.
Course Objectives
In the MHFA course, you will gain a solid understanding of the 5 basic actions of ALGEE:
Assess the risk of suicide and/or harm
Listen non-judgmentally
Give reassurance
Encourage professional support
Encourage other supports
ALGEE is the framework for having a confident conversation about mental health with family, friends, colleagues, and strangers.
Key outcomes
International evaluations and feedback have found the following outcomes for participants undertaking an MHFA course:
- Increased awareness of signs and symptoms of the most common mental health problems
- Decreased stigma related to mental health
- Increased confidence interacting with individuals experiencing a mental health problem or crisis
- Increased help actually provided to individuals in crisis or experiencing a mental health problem
Crisis first aid skills learned
- Substance overdose
- Suicidal behaviour
- Panic attack
- Acute stress reaction
- Psychotic episode
Topics
1. Mental Health and Stigma
- What is Mental Health First Aid?
- Common mental health problems
- Five basic actions of mental health first aid
- Stigma and discrimination
2. Substance-related disorders
- What is a substance-related disorder?
- Signs and symptoms
- Risk factors
- MHFA for substance-related problems
- Crisis first aid for overdose
- Treatment and resources
3. Mood-related disorders
- What is a mood-related disorder?
- Types of mood-related disorders
- Signs and symptoms
- Risk factors
- Substance use and mood disorders
- Suicide in Canada
- MHFA for mood-related problems
- Reasons for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)
- MHFA for non-suicidal self-injury
- Treatment and resources
4. Anxiety and trauma-related disorders
- disorders?
- Types of anxiety and trauma related disorders
- Signs and symptoms
- Risk factors
- Substance use and anxiety related disorders
- MHFA for anxiety and trauma related problems
- Crisis first aid for panic attacks
- Crisis first aid for acute stress reactions
- Treatment and resources
5. Psychotic disorders
- What is a psychotic disorder?
- Types of psychotic disorders
- Signs and symptoms
- Risk factors
- Substance use and psychotic disorders
- MHFA for anxiety problems
- Crisis first aid for psychotic episodes
MHFA Resources
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