In any one year, two in five Australians aging between 16 to 85 are experiencing or developing a mental health condition, is very common. This forms the approximately the 8.6 million of Australians. In 2022 National Survey of Mental Health and wellbeing survey outlined that most common form of mental conditions are anxiety, affective or mood disorders, and substance use disorders. Mental illnesses ranked as the second biggest source of disease burden in Australia.
Mental health condition affects an individual’s emotional state, thinking, behaviour and interaction with their families, friends, colleagues and the community. Not everyone living with mental health condition will be diagnosed. This could cause the individual loss of home, loss of income, social isolation from the family, friends and community, and poor physical health and wellbeing. Lack of knowledge, and awareness in mental health illnesses, scare of discrimination and isolation may cause individuals to avoid seeking help, and treatment early.
Standard Mental Health First Aid Training Cairns
We all can expect to have close contact with someone experiencing or developing a mental health condition. Standard MHFA training course will provide you information on how to assist a family member, colleague, friend who is going through difficult times due to their mental illness or going through crisis until professional assistance is received or the situation is resolved.
Based on the International MHFA guidelines, the content of the MHFA is developed in consultation with the mental health professionals, carers, consumer advocates and scholars written by the MHFA Australia. This evidence-based first aid course content is facilitated by the MHFA Australia accredited instructor in Cairns.
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MHFA Training Cairns
Participants of this first course will learn how to provide mental health first aid to someone who is suffering from the mental illness, distinguish the signs and symptoms of mental health problems:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Psychosis
- Substance use disorder.
Participants will also learn the MHFA action plan on how, what, when and where to administer mental health first aid. This first aid training course utilises evidence-based research and focuses on potential crisis circumstances arising from mental health illness with an applied first aid response.
Facilitator will cover crisis situations, where the person might have suicidal thoughts and behaviours, non-suicidal self-injury, panic attacks, traumatic events, severe psychotic states, severe effects from alcohol or other substance use or violent behaviours.
Benefits of MHFA training courses
MHFA provides participants of the course with the skills to identify a mental health crisis, respond correctly, provide support and assistance to the individual for their journey to recovery. Benefits of this first course are:
- Awareness of just how common mental health issues are among communities.
- De-stigmatise mental health illness and knowledge.
- How to acknowledge if a person is going through difficult times due to mental health condition.
Learn to help, support and assist someone experiencing or developing from a mental health condition or someone who is in crisis when professional assistance is not available.
Standard Mental Health First Aid Training Course Duration
This Mental Health First Aid training course is delivered by MHFA Australia accredited facilitator, and is delivered over a two-days (12 hours)
Course Fee*: $354 (inclusive GST) per attendee
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