Youth Mental Health First Aid

In Australia, around one in seven 4 to 18 year old Australians will suffer from a mental illness each year. Mental Health First Aid aims is to improve knowledge and confidence about mental health and wellbeing. The Youth Mental Health First Aid program teaches adults how to assist adolescents who are developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis.

Course participants learn about adolescent development, the signs and symptoms of the common and disabling mental health problems in young people, where and how to get help when a young person is developing a mental illness, what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective, and how to provide first aid in a crisis.

Individuals from a range of professions can gain CPD Points by attending a Mental Health First Aid Course.Mental health first aid strategies are taught in evidence-based training courses  . After completing the course  participants are eligible to become an accredited Mental Health First Aider.

TMF Training Solutions delivers MHFA courses authored by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Australia , with experienced MHFA Master Instructors who are currently accredited by MHFA Australia.

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The table below outlines the content of each session within the YMHFA 14 hour course which can be delivered as either:

✓ A 2-day program (7 hrs per day)
OR
✓ As 3 separate 5 hour training sessions

SESSION ONE Youth Mental Health First Aid Adolescent development Common youth mental disorders The MHFA action plan Communicating with young people Professionals who can help young people Depression in young people	SESSION THREE  The MHFA action plan for anxiety Crisis first aid for traumatic events Eating disorders in young people Types of eating disorders The MHFA action plan for eating disorders Crisis first aid for medical emergencies
SESSION TWO The MHFA action plan for depression Crisis first aid for suicidal thoughts and behaviours Crisis first aid for non-suicidal self injury Anxiety in young people Types of anxiety disorders	SESSION FOUR  Psychosis in young people The MHFA action plan for psychotic disorder Crisis first aid for severe psychotic states Substance misuse in young people The MHFA action plan for substance misuse Crisis first aid for intoxication Crisis first aid for aggressive behaviour Crisis first aid for medical emergencies