Psyched Solutions Consultancy offers practical tools and resources for workplaces, community organizations, and industry leaders to foster and sustain mentally healthy environments. Our expertise is grounded in over a decade of experience delivering accredited Mental Health First Aid® (MHFA™) courses and promoting the development of mentally healthy workplaces.

Mentally healthy workplaces are great place to work; enables positive culture, engagement of staff resulting in better productivity, which is the key to any business success.

Whether it is for yourself, family, community or the workplace, becoming a skilled mental health first aider is the best investment you can make.

What you will learn on the Mental Health First Aid Course?

 Mental health first aid is an evidence-based training course authored by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Australia and delivered by accredited MHFA Instructors across the country and in selected countries overseas. Psyched Solutions Instructors are licensed to deliver the courses by MHFA Australia.

Like physical first aid, mental health first aid is given until the person receives professional help or until the crisis resolves. You will learn to identify the early warning signs and symptoms and we will  help you to understand the actions you need to take to support someone  and where you can go to get professional help.

Content:

• Mental health problems in Australia

• Actions of mental health first aid

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Psychosis

• Substance misuse

Crisis situations covered:

• Suicidal thoughts and behaviours

• Non-suicidal self-injury

• Panic attack

• Following traumatic event

• Severe psychotic states

• Acute effects of alcohol misuse and drug misuse

• Aggressive behaviours

Who should attend the training?

Anyone 18 years old and above can attend this course. The strategies taught in Mental Health First Aid are also particularly useful for all staff including:

• Human Resources Professionals

• Security

• Work Place Health and Safety Staff

• Managers and Supervisors

• Other Health Professionals

Please note Mental Health First Aid Course has been endorsed for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points for a number of professions including:

• Nursing (i.e., midwives, mental health, practice nurses), pharmacy, fitness, chiropractic, and physiotherapy.

• Attendance can be claimed as CPD by: psychologists, social workers, teacher, dieticians, speech pathologists, audiologists/audiometrists and lawyers in some states and territories of Australia

Accreditation as a Mental Health First Aider

A manual and certificate of completion is provided to each participant attending the course, along with useful mental health resources. If you successfully complete your accreditation test (done after completion of the course), you will be accredited as Mental Health First Aider.

How much it Costs

Your investment is from $300 per person depending on the course type. Book your space here today or contact us at sharon@psyhedsolutions.com.au to register your interest.

Face to Face delivery - onsite

We have capacity to come to you and deliver the training for your staff onsite. There are a number of benefits to holding a mental health first aid training course onsite. It reduces administrative and logistical time and effort on scheduling various employees, thus allowing employees to remain in a risk-free environment of your office. Empower staff with knowledge and skills, adding value to your organisation. Lower costs, which saves your organisation costs of travel, accommodation and other costs.

We also often hold public courses in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. You can send a number of staff to attend these courses with us.

Please note: Face-to-face MHFA training is run over 2 days. Each day includes 6 hours of content, with breaks for morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.

​You must complete both sessions to be eligible for the accreditation assessment and certificate.

Online MHFA courses

Online MHFA training includes self directed e-learning and live virtually run classes via zoom.

 The self directed e-learning takes approximately 5-7 hours to complete. The live virtual classes are conducted via Zoom, in 2 sessions. Each session is approximately 2.5 hours in length, for a total of 5 hours.

The course fee for online MHFA training is $350 per person. 

​Benefits of online MHFA training: 

• Self-paced leaning

• Pre-class consolidation

• Convenient

• Accessible

• Flexible

• Caters to any location

• Online booking 

  'In the USA,  former First Lady Michelle Obama gave a resounding endorsement to Mental Health First Aid course recently saying "I believe every member of the community, every organization and business need to do this course in order to learn what to do to support someone with a mental health condition. "Read  here about  former FLOTUS support for this course here .