STATEWIDE STAKEHOLDERS
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Aboriginal Mental Health First Aid Training
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teaches people how to help a person who is developing or experiencing a worsening of a mental health problem, or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional treatment is received, or the crisis resolves.
Led by a Mental Health First Aid Australia accredited trainer, this course integrates an Aboriginal cultural perspective and explores Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing, mental health problems in indigenous communities and strategies for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SITUATIONS COVERED
- Suicidal Thoughts And Behaviours
- Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (Deliberate Self-Harm)
- Panic Attacks
- Traumatic Events
- Severe Effects Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse
- Severe Psychotic States
- Aggressive Behaviours







