Mental Health First Aid

Name: Mental Health First Aid
Start: 2025-09-21T23:00:00+10:00
End: 2025-09-22T02:00:00+10:00
Location: Barwon Health Foundation

Schedule

Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 11:00 pm to Mon, 22 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 am

UTC+10:00

Location

Barwon Health Foundation | Geelong, VI

Join Psychologist Dayle Johnson and Registered Nurse Leah Veenhuizen for a co-facilitated Mental Health First Aid course. Expect real conversations, practical tools, and the confidence to step up when it matters most.
Upon completion of this 2 day course participants will be able to:
- Recognise the signs and symptoms of mental health problems in adults.
- Use an evidence-based action plan to initiate a mental health first aid conversation.
- Know the barriers to help-seeking and how to overcome these.
- Assess for a range of crisis situations and provide initial support.
- Understand the prevalence and impact of mental illnesses, risk factors and treatments and supports available.
- Apply self-care practices as a Mental Health First Aider.