Mental Health First Aid
About 1 in 5 New Zealand adults experience challenges with mental health in any year.
This means that at some stage, everyone will have close contact with someone experiencing mental health challenges.
Would you know how to respond?
A Mental Health First Aid course will teach you how to provide initial support to adults who may be experiencing mental health challenges or mental health crisis, until the crisis resolves, or specialist help is accessed, using a practical evidence-based Action Plan.
What does the training cover?
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 substance use
Aggressive behaviours
Mental Health challenges covered:
Depression
Anxiety
Psychosis
Substance use problems
Why attend?
Evaluations consistently show that Mental Health First Aid training improves understanding of the mental health challenges people experience, their options for treatments and helpful first aid strategies. Participants report increased confidence in their ability to offer Mental Health First Aid which enables early access to help. The training also decreases stigma and discrimination that many people with mental health and addiction challenges experience.
MHFA Courses
Our next available courses:
Please email events@bellbird.net.nz to register your interest for our next available course.
Opening hours
Monday - Friday:
9:00am - 5:00pm
Contact us
rachael@bellbird.net.nz
021 650 216
