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Overview
This is a 12-hour course that offers basic general information about mental health problems, how to recognise the signs and symptoms of common mental health issues and provide help on a first aid basis.
Minimum entry requirements
You should be at least 18 years of age to attend this course.
What you study
The course will cover the following areas:
- Guidance on being a mental health first aider.
- Attitudes to mental health issues.
- Equalities.
- The recovery message.
- The impact of alcohol and drugs on mental health.
- Introduction of suicide intervention.
- Listening skills.
- Understanding depression.
- How to offer first aid to someone experiencing depression.
- Understanding anxiety.
- How to offer first aid to someone experiencing a psychotic episode.
- Understanding psychosis.