MHFA – Adults Who Interact with Youth

Mental Health First Aid Adults Who Interact With Youth Course Description

Instructors: Brooke Belkin

 MHFA Adults who Interact with Youth is intended for an adult audience whose primary focus is youth (aged 14-25). In addition to the four most common disorders discussed in MHFA BASIC, this course includes instruction about eating disorders and deliberate self-injury. Participants who take this course are well prepared to interact confidently about mental health with the young people in their lives, including at schools, extra-curricular activities, social services, family, friends, and communities.

Key outcomes

International evaluations and feedback have found the following outcomes for participants undertaking an MHFA course:

• Increased awareness of signs and symptoms of the most common mental health problems
• Decreased stigma related to mental health
• Increased confidence interacting with individuals experiencing a mental health problem or crisis
• Increased help actually provided to individuals in crisis or experiencing a mental health problem

Crisis first aid skills learned

• Substance overdose
• Suicidal behaviour
• Panic attack
• Acute stress reaction
• Psychotic episode

Cost: $200/person for 2-day class and includes materials.

Group Rates available upon Request.

For more information on course dates go to https://kootenays.cmha.bc.ca/events/ or contact events@cmhakootenays.org