About the course:
The MHFA Suicide Prevention course equips you with the knowledge and skills to provide mental health first aid to someone who is feeling suicidal. It builds your confidence as a first responder to an individual experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors. This course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experience of mental health problems and mental health professionals.
What you will learn:
- Identify warning signs of suicide
- Have a conversation with someone experiencing suicidal thoughts and behavior
- Confidently support a person in crisis
- Take care of yourself as you support another individual
- Suicide in India
Material
You will receive:
- - MHFA Suicide Prevention digital manual
- - Videos, activities, reading throughout this online self-learning component
- - 1.5-hour live session post completion of self-learning component
- - Digital certificate post successful completion of the course
Requirements
No prior training or course completion is required to participate in the MHFA Suicide Prevention course.
Audience
This course is for anybody wanting to develop their capacities as a first responder to intervene in a mental health crisis. No prior background in psychology is required. Note: This is not a postvention course and is not recommended for individuals recently bereaved by suicide. This course is not a therapy or support group and those undertaking the course must be feeling relatively robust when they take it.