MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID:
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY
Each year 1 in 5 Australians will experience a mental illness. Many people are not knowledgeable or confident to offer assistance. Physical first aid is accepted and widespread in our community, however most do not cover mental health problems. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teaches people the skills to help someone who they're concerned about.
The Mental Health First Aid Conversations About Non-Suicidal Self-Injury is considered to be a speciality course with a duration of 4 hours.
This course will teach you how to identify, approach and support someone who is engaging in self-injury by using a practical, evidence based Action Plan. You will also have the opportunity to practise your new skills in a safe environment.
The term ‘non-suicidal self-injury’ (NSSI) describes a behaviour where a person deliberately or purposefully hurts themselves. It is used to refer to self-injury that is not intended to result in death. When we use the term ‘self-injury’ we are specifically excluding painful or damaging behaviours that are socially accepted or ‘sanctioned’ such as tattooing, piercing or other forms of body art, and cultural practices involving injury.
This course gives participants an opportunity to learn how to help someone who is engaging in self-injury.
This course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and professionals.
Note: This course is not a therapy or support group.
A full 2-day Standard Mental Health First Aid face-to-face course or a Blended Online Mental Health First Aid course is highly recommended as this will compliment and consolidate further learnings regarding this speciality area. This speciality course should not be used as a substitute for the full 2-day course or equivalent blended online course.
MHFA Training Outcomes:
KNOWLEDGE
Increases mental health literacy
CONFIDENCE
Increases confidence in providing mental health first aid
DE-STIGMATISING
Decreases stigmatising attitudes
SUPPORT
Increases the support provided to others
*Participants who are seeking to obtain their continuing professional development (CPD) points are solely responsible to liaise with their relevant industry regulator. Focused Mental Education Pty Ltd takes no responsibility for each participants to coordinate their required CPD points.