Standard Mental Health First-Aid Refresher

To be eligible to attend the Standard Mental Health First-Aid Refresher course, you need to have completed a full Standard Mental Health First-Aid course within the last three years.

The 4 hour training will refresh your knowledge on the following topics:

• How to recognise common mental health illnesses.
• How to appropriately approach and communicate with someone experiencing a mental health problem.
• How to support someone experiencing depression or anxiety.
• Techniques on how to de-escalate someone who is distressed.
• How to talk to someone you believe may be expressing suicidal thoughts.
• How to help someone experiencing a crisis or traumatic event.
• How to approach the conversation about drug and alcohol use.
• How to encourage someone to seek professional help & more.

You will also receive a new Mental Health First-Aid manual.

Through mental health education, we can reduce Australia's rate of suicide, using compassion as the tip of the spear.

We are Beyond All Bounds.