The Standard MHFA for Health Professional Students course teaches health professional students how to provide initial support to a peer or other adult who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis, until professional help is received or the crisis resolves.
You will learn about the signs and symptoms of common mental health problems in students and other adults, how to recognise and respond to an emerging or worsening mental health problem, and the treatments and supports available.
The course will teach you how to apply mental health first aid across a range of common mental health problems and crisis situations, including:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Substance use problems
- Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
- Panic attacks
- Non-suicidal self-injury
- Traumatic events.
The course does not teach students how to provide professional mental health support to patients.