Mental Health First Aid

**This workshop will be repeated. Please click 'Get Tickets' to choose your preferred training date**

1. Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 November 2024

2. Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 February 2025 

3. Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 March 2025

4. Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 May 2025

5. Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 June 2025

Learn how to provide mental health first aid to friends, family members, co-workers and other adults.

The Standard Mental Health First Aid course will teach you how to provide initial support to other adults who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves, using a practical, evidence-based Action Plan. 

This course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals.

Mental health problems covered: 
• Depression
• Anxiety problems
• Psychosis
• Substance use problems

Mental health crises covered
• Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
• Non-suicidal self-injury
• Panic attacks
• Traumatic events
• Severe psychotic states
• Severe effects from alcohol or other drug use
• Aggressive behaviours.

This training is part of the Greater Whitsunday Communities Care Alliance initiative, funded by Jobs Queensland and powered by the Queensland Government’s Queensland Workforce Strategy 2022–2032.

Format:

2-day training 9am-4:30pm each day