What are the aims of Mental Health First Aid?
1. To preserve life where someone is a danger to themselves or others.
2. To provide help in order to prevent mental health problems deteriorating into a more serious state.
3. To promote recovery to a state of good mental health.
4. To provide comfort and reassurance to a person experiencing mental health problems.
If you are interested in becoming a mental health first aider. You can get more information about this on the following link.
http://www.mhfa.org.uk/
Showing posts with label mental health first aid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mental health first aid. Show all posts
Friday, 29 January 2010
Friday, 15 January 2010
Mental Health First Aid Works
My sincere thanks to all the devoted staff of Treloar's who have contributed to this blog and for their care of others. Mental Health First Aid was long over due our thanks and recognition to Betty Kitchener and Anthony Jorm.
My thanks also to my co-trainer Helen Goodenough who's good humour and enthusiasm have given me momentum in this work.
My thanks also to my co-trainer Helen Goodenough who's good humour and enthusiasm have given me momentum in this work.
The aims of Mental Health First Aid
What are the aims of Mental Health First Aid?
1. To preserve life where someone is a danger to themselves or others.
2. To provide help in order to prevent mental health problems deteriorating into a more serious state.
3. To promote recovery to a state of good mental health.
4. To provide comfort and reassurance to a person experiencing mental health problems.
If you are interested in becoming a mental health first aider. You can get more information about this on the following link.
http://www.mhfa.org.uk/
1. To preserve life where someone is a danger to themselves or others.
2. To provide help in order to prevent mental health problems deteriorating into a more serious state.
3. To promote recovery to a state of good mental health.
4. To provide comfort and reassurance to a person experiencing mental health problems.
If you are interested in becoming a mental health first aider. You can get more information about this on the following link.
http://www.mhfa.org.uk/
Some interesting facts about mental health
Some interesting facts about mental health.
In the UK employers loose over £1000 for every person they employ, through mental ill health.
The total cost to businesses in the UK is £25.9 Billion a year, that’s Billion with a B.
In the UK 70 million sick days a year are lost to mental ill health, things such as depression, anxiety and stress. This could just be the tip of the iceberg how many people phone there employer saying they have a migraine or something too worried about the resulting prejudice if they said they couldn’t come to work because they were too depressed.
It has also been estimated that over £15 billion is lost in productivity due to people who continue to work even though they are suffering form some form of mental health problem.
The good news is mental health problems are like physical health problems, they can be treated and most people recover. We tend to always hear about the worst cases, which does little for the morale of people who are trying to recover.
In the UK employers loose over £1000 for every person they employ, through mental ill health.
The total cost to businesses in the UK is £25.9 Billion a year, that’s Billion with a B.
In the UK 70 million sick days a year are lost to mental ill health, things such as depression, anxiety and stress. This could just be the tip of the iceberg how many people phone there employer saying they have a migraine or something too worried about the resulting prejudice if they said they couldn’t come to work because they were too depressed.
It has also been estimated that over £15 billion is lost in productivity due to people who continue to work even though they are suffering form some form of mental health problem.
The good news is mental health problems are like physical health problems, they can be treated and most people recover. We tend to always hear about the worst cases, which does little for the morale of people who are trying to recover.
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