This one-day online course is a safe space to introduce mental health first aid to health and fitness professionals interested in understanding common mental health illnesses affecting their patients or colleagues.
It aims to give you the ability to spot the early signs and symptoms (not diagnose) of a range of mental health conditions, recognise common triggers in mental ill-health and signs that someone may need support.
At the end of the course, you will have deepened your non-judgemental listening skills and explored the role of a first aid action plan for mental health, which will give you the confidence to know when and how to signpost a person professional help and manage their self-care.
Mental health awareness training helps health professionals to become role models to promote a greater understanding of mental health in the total wellbeing of patients, colleagues and themselves.