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Mental Health First Aid Training

It is an international certificate course originally developed in Australia in 2006. It is a 12-hour basic (face to face) training course that teaches how to help someone who is experiencing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, before he or she can obtain professional help.

Student Standard Course
12-hour course designed for students to understand mental health issues.

Hostel Staff Course

12-hour course designed for eligible hostel staff (free of charge) to enhance their knowledge and skills in managing students emotional distress, or crises under the setting of hostel.

Course Outline:

To have basic knowledge of: depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis and substance use disorder.
To address the possible crisis arising from these mental health problems and proceed with necessary intervention.
To provide suitable help for person involved before the situation gets worse on the basis of the five steps
To learn about community resources and help the person involved to seek for professional treatment and make use of suitable resources.

Visit the MHFA website http://www.mhfa.org.hk/ to get more information.

Pictures taken during the course