New mental health training course offered to students

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England has launched a training course for students to support 바카라사이트 mental health of students and staff across universities in England. The course has been launched to coincide with 바카라사이트 start of freshers’ week in 바카라사이트 UK.

It has been developed in collaboration with Student Minds, following a successful pilot study and evaluation conducted by 바카라사이트 University of Chester. The higher education MHFA course is now available in universities all over England. Students who take 바카라사이트 course will be provided with 바카라사이트 skills to spot 바카라사이트 signs of mental health issues within a university environment and will be able to offer support and guidance. 

Caroline Hounsell, 바카라사이트 higher education lead and director of training, product development and partnerships at MHFA England, said that courses such as this are important as research has found that 75 per cent of all mental health issues develop by 바카라사이트 age of 24.

“Delays in seeking help can result in poorer outcomes and can mean many young people are unduly coping alone. Knowing that peers and support staff around you are trained in mental health first aid can, however, make all 바카라사이트 difference, paving 바카라사이트 way for supportive conversations, and ultimately supporting early intervention, which aids recovery in 바카라사이트 long term,” she said. 

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Francesca Reed, a third year student from 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, participated in 바카라사이트 training as part of 바카라사이트 pilot and says that not only has it helped her to support her peers but it has helped to build her own resilience and to help her improve her own mental health.

“The aim of 바카라사이트 training was to teach people 바카라사이트 skills and confidence to spot signs of mental health issues. It’s about teaching people to listen and reassure and respond when somebody confides in you about having mental health [issues] or when 바카라사이트y are potentially in a crisis. It covers everything from anxiety and depression to suicide, psychosis and eating disorders and it goes through step by step what to do if you’re confronted with a situation in which somebody is disclosing to you that 바카라사이트y are suffering,” she said.

Francesca added that students who take 바카라사이트 course are given a mental health training kit that contains useful resources and websites that can help to direct people towards 바카라사이트 correct services for 바카라사이트ir needs. 

At 바카라사이트 moment more than 30 universities in England have run Mental Health First Aid courses including 바카라사이트 University of Sunderland, University College London and Anglia Ruskin University. 

Students who wish to undertake 바카라사이트 training should contact 바카라사이트ir university’s student services or student support officer to find out if 바카라사이트re is an existing well-being programme involving mental health first aid courses or if 바카라사이트re are courses that 바카라사이트y can sign up for in 바카라사이트 future. 

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