If you’ve taken a physical first aid course, you’ve learned the skills needed to help someone experiencing a sudden illness or injury. People can also have mental health crisis, and it is important that more Canadians know how to provide help in these situations too.
Mental Health First Aid is offered to someone with an emerging mental health problem or in a mental health crisis until appropriate treatment is found or the situation is resolved.
What you can expect from this course:
- Gain the confidence and skills to engage someone with an emerging mental health problem or in a mental health crisis
- Greater recognition of mental health problems
- Reduce the stigma that surrounds mental health
- Improved mental health for yourself!
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the support provided to a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis. The Mental Health Commission of Canada reports that one in every five Canadians experiences a mental health problem within a given year. While we often know a lot about physical illness, there tends to be less knowledge about mental health or substance use problems. This lack of understanding leads to fear and negative attitudes towards individuals living with these problems. It prevents people from seeking help for themselves and from providing appropriate support to people around them.
This 9-hour course opens with a self-directed module (Module 1) that focuses on the information and strategies that participants will discuss and practice throughout the virtual classroom modules (Modules 2 and 3). Course participants are required to complete Module 1 before participating in Module 2 and 3.
Upon registration, participants will receive the “MHFA Participant Reference Guide” that outlines MHFA actions for developing mental health and substance use problems, and mental health and substance use crises.
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Course Schedule
Module 1: Self-Directed – to be completed by January 15, 2024
- Introduction to the course
- Introduction to MHFA Actions
Module 2: Virtual Classroom -January 17, 2024 from 5:00pm – 9:00pm
- Practice applying MHFA Actions to situations of declining mental well-being
- Guidelines for MHFA conversations with people from diverse cultures and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community
Module 3 Virtual Classroom – January 24, 2024 from 5:00pm – 9:00pm
- Discussion on using MHFA actions for self-care
- Practice using MHFA actions in crisis situations
This course is copyright © 2023 Mental Health Commission of Canada and is being facilitated by a Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor.
The Living With Foundation empowers mental health leaders across Canada. Proceeds from every Mental Health First Aid Course facilitated throught the Living With Foundation goes to support programming and the Living With Scholarship fund. All MHFA-ers who complete their certification through the Living With Foundation are invited to join our free support community for MHFA-ers. Learn more at livingwithfoundation.ca.
