Armed Forces Mental Health First Aider Course (2 Day)

Description

Cost

£250 per person*

Costs may vary depending on location and instructor

Special offers for group booking are available for both in-house and open course dates

£2250 for a groups of up to 10

£3500 for groups of up to 16

Please call for group bookings!

Delivery

• This is a 2 day classroom based face to face course divided into 4 sections
• Learning will take place via a mix of presentations combined with group discussions and workshop activities
• Sessions build around a Armed Forces Mental Health First Aid Action Plan
• Numbers limited to 16 people per course ensuring people are getting the correct level of support during their learning

On completion you will get:

• A certificate of attendance to say you are qualified as an Armed Forces Mental Health First Aider
• An Armed Forces MFHA manual to refer to whenever you need it after your course

Session 1

• Why MHFA for the armed forces community?
• Military culture
• What is mental health?
• Stigma and discrimination
• Mental health issues – violence and the criminal justice system
• The five steps of Mental Health First Aid

Session 2

• Suicide
• Non-judgemental listening skills
• Crisis first aid for suicidal behaviour
• First aid for depression
• Signs and symptoms of depression
• Actions for suicidal behaviour and depression
• Treatment and resources for depression
• Self-care
• Vicarious trauma and burnout

Session 3

• Self-harm
• Eating disorders
• Treatment and resources for self-harm and eating disorders
• What is psychosis?
• Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
• Symptoms and risk factors for psychosis
• Crisis first aid for acute psychosis
• Treatment and resources for psychosis

Session 4

• What is anxiety?
• When is anxiety a problem?
• Signs and symptoms of anxiety
• Alcohol, drugs and anxiety disorders
• The impact of trauma
• Post traumatic stress disorder
• Crisis first aid for panic attacks
• Crisis first aid for acute stress reaction
• Recovery
• Action planning for using MHFA

Call us for group and corporate bookings or select date for open courses nationally.

Let’s Mentally Flourish!