The Canadian Mental Health Association, North Bay and District offers Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), a two-day course developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
What is Mental Health First Aid?
Mental Health First Aid is a training course designed to give members of the public the skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it builds mental health literacy, decreases stigmatizing attitudes, and helps individuals identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness.
Canadian statistics show that one in five Canadians will experience a mental health problem this year. MHFA is an interactive workshop that teaches participants to recognize the signs that a person may be developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis and how to provide initial help and guide the person to appropriate professional resources.
Learn how to provide support to a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis.
- Talk about decline in mental wellbeing
- Discuss and reach out to supports for help
- Assist in mental health or substance-use crisis
- Use MHFA actions to maintain your own mental well-being
The course addresses four of the most common and most stigmatized mental health disorders and includes signs/symptoms, risk factors, and crisis first aid for specific situations:
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Mood-Related Disorders
- Anxiety and Trauma-related Disorders
- Psychotic Disorders
*MHFA does not teach participants to become therapists or counsellors. Rather, it provides the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that allow someone to offer effective first aid intervention.
*MHFA is open to anyone 18 years old and up, no prior experience or training required.
MHFA sessions are being offered virtually.
The Canadian Mental Health Association, North Bay and District offers closed MHFA sessions to groups upon request. Contact us at email education@nbd.cmha.ca to request a training.
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