Overview
This introductory 3-hour session raises awareness of young people’s mental health. It looks at some of the common mental health issues affecting young people including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and psychosis. The course also offers skills to work more effectively with young people living with mental health issues as well as ways to support them and relate to their experiences.
Who needs this qualification?
Youth Mental Health First Aid courses are for everyone who works with, lives with or supports young people aged 8-18. Key figures in a young person’s life – parents, family members, teachers, tutors, carers, youth workers – can often spot when a young person is struggling but may not know how best to help.
Why is this training important?
One in ten young people experience a mental health issue at any one time. Suicide is the leading cause of death for those aged 5-19.
In an average group of 30 15-year-olds:
Record levels of young people are struggling. Academic pressure, social media, bullying, poverty, lack of availability of professional mental health support – all have been named by various sources as contributing to this epidemic of poor mental health in our young people.
Course content
Learning outcomes
Training to be Youth Mental Health Aware will enable you to:
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