The Youth Mental Health First Aid Course is for adults working or living with adolescents and is designed as a 14 hour course. The course can be delivered in either:

• 2-day training package (7hrs per day)
• 4 Separate modules (3.5hours each)

The course also covers the mental health crisis situations of:

• Suicidal behaviour/thoughts
• Self-harm
• Panic attack/Acute stress reaction
• Acute psychotic behaviour

The developing mental health problems in adolescents covered are:

• Depression
• Anxiety disorder
• Psychosis
• Substance use disorders
• Eating Disorders

Participants will learn the signs and symptoms of these mental health problems, where and how to get help and what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective.