Mental health first aid critical for early intervention, teaches communication skills
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DecDecember 2020 at 1:33am
Mental health first aid helps you recognise signs of mental health problems in yourself and others.
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Learning how to perform CPR, stem bleeding, or create an arm sling are basic skills learnt in a first aid course.
Key points:
Mental health first aid are skills to help manage a person s mental health problem or crisis
Courses teach people about how to communicate non-judgementally and engage a person in a supportive conversation
About one million Australians have undertaken a mental health first aid course