FREE Mental Health Initial Response Training

Two-day free Mental Health Initial Response training.

The course is aimed at anyone interested in mental health, including people with mental health problems, their carers and family, and at people who may come across mental health problems in the course of their work.

Our next course takes place from Monday 18th to Tuesday 19th February at the North London Buddhist Centre (72 Holloway Road, London N7 8JG. The course runs from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on both days.

Mental Health Initial Response training takes place throughout the year at venues around Islington. It is free for anyone who lives, studies, works or volunteers in Islington. The courses are run by the national charity Rethink Mental Illness in partnership with NHS Islington.

The course equips you with practical skills and background knowledge to assist adults experiencing emotional distress or mental illness. All participants receive a certificate and course materials.

Some of the topics covered are:

What's mental health?
The four steps for making your intial repsonse
Depression
Drugs and mental health
Suicide
Anxiety disorders
Psychosis
Recovery
Stigma and Discrimination


To book a place on this course or to check future dates and venues, please go to http://tinyurl.com/c4happu or call 0207 840 3086.

Date: Monday, February 18, 2013