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Mental Health First Aid Training

Mental Health First Aid training is as important as normal First Aid training, and it can save as many lives. In Mental Health First Aid training, you learn about depression, anxiety, suicide, abuse, psychosis, and more.

So many of my mates at school would know how to give CPR to someone, but not many of them would have the skills to confidently talk someone through a panic attack or help if someone was having suicidal thoughts.

Having young people teach young people is going to be a lot more effective because some young people can find it hard to connect with an older or newer teacher. I intend to use my Youth Mental Health First Aid training to develop the skills of others.

It gave us a toolkit to handle the conversations that arise when we’re working with young people who might be experiencing mental health difficulties. You’re not there to diagnose or anything like that, but you can actually support them, set up safety plans, and all that kind of stuff. You can go with them to the doctor or a Headspace center, and you just have more confidence in yourself to be able to keep that person safe.

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