Youth Mental Health First Aid

This course will teach you how to assist adolescents 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 and anxiety
• Eating disorders
• 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.

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