Course Aims

Mental Health First Aid aims to help participants:

• preserve life where a person may be a danger to themselves or others
• provide help to prevent a mental health problem developing into a more serious state
• promote recovery of good mental health
• provide comfort to a person suffering a mental health illness

and will teach them to:

• give initial help to someone experiencing a mental health problem
• deal with a crisis situation or the first signs of someone developing mental ill health
• guide people towards appropriate professional help.

The course does not train participants to be therapists, counsellors or mental health professionals.