Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health Training For Everyone and Every One.
Standard is the foundational program designed for everyone.
As a globally recognized training, it empowers everyday people to recognize when someone may be experiencing mental health challenges and equips them with practical skills to provide initial support.
This course builds confidence to respond calmly and offer meaningful help during tough moments—all without needing to be a mental health expert.
Ideal for the general public, workplaces and community groups.
Learn to identify and help someone who is experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or is in a mental health crisis situation
Participants will learn how to…
- Recognize signs that a person may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health or substance-use crisis
- Have conversations that encourage a person to:
- Talk about their mental well-being
- Discuss professional and other supports that could help with recovery to improved mental well-being
- Reach out to these supports
- Assist in a mental health or substance-use crisis situation
- Check in with one’s own mental well-being and take action as needed
Program options
This evidence-based program is a program of Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)
- Mental Health First Aid Certification: 12-hour course is offered virtually or in-person. The focus is on adult mental health well-being.
- Mental Health First Aid Essentials: 6-hour course is offered virtually or in person. The focus is on adult mental health well-being.
- Mental Health First Aid for Adults who Interact with Youth: a 14-hour training with a focus on youth between the ages of 12-24 with mental health problems. Includes all the content in the MHFA Basic along with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and eating disorders.
- Mental Health First Aid - Supporting Youth Virtual: a 10-hour course. Offered through a blended format (part online, part in-person). The focus is on youth mental health well-being.
Who this is for
- Companies that have had an incident where an employee had a mental health concern and they did not know how to deal with it.
- Companies that would like to educate their managers (or all employees) before an incident occurs.
- Companies who want to increase their managers’ knowledge about mental health to better serve their employees/ co-workers. It may also be offered to all employees if budget is available
- Employees who want to develop strategies and tools to assist individuals struggling with mental health concerns.