Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a training course that teaches people how to identify, understand, and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue. It won’t teach you to be a therapist, but it will teach you to listen, reassure, and respond, even in a crisis – and even potentially stop a crisis from happening.
Training to become an Adult Mental Health First Aider takes place through a mix of group activities, presentations, and discussions. What you learn will depend on the length of the course you attend.

This is a practical skill and awareness Course designed to give you:

• A deeper understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect people’s wellbeing, including your own
• Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
• Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
• Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
• Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to appropriate support

An awareness and skills course which will teach you to:

• Recognize the main signs and symptoms of common mental health issues
• Provide initial support
• Guide a person towards appropriate professional help
• Be mindful of your own wellbeing
• Develop an understanding of how you can create and maintain a healthier workforce or community

Participants on MHFA courses come from a wide range of backgrounds. It is suitable for;

• People with lived experience of mental health issues or illness
• Family members wanting to gain more understanding of what a relative is going through
• Employers
• People who are likely to encounter those at risk of mental health problems
• Police
• Ambulance staff
• Community workers.