Scottish Mental Health First Aid (SMHFA) Course Description
This two day course will give staff insight into:
- Attitudes to mental health issues
- The impact of alcohol and drugs on mental health
- Suicide prevention and the importance of good listening skills
- Understanding depression and how to offer mental health first aid to someone experiencing depression
- Understanding anxiety and how to offer first aid to someone experiencing anxiety
- Understanding psychosis and how to offer first aid to someone experiencing a psychotic episode
The course does not train people to be mental health workers. It offers basic general information about mental health problems. The knowledge and understanding presented in the course helps to remove stigma, fear and encourages confidence in staff when approaching a person in distress.
