Youth Mental Health First Aid is an intensive two-day training course, which was developed specifically for people who regularly interact with youth.  The course covers the following topics:

• Types and prevalence of youth mental health problems
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Psychosis
• Substance use disorder
• Eating disorders
• Deliberate self harm
  

 
Youth Mental Health First Aid is essential training for anyone who works with or regularly interacts with youth.  This training is so important because:

• Mental health issues are responsible for 55% of the overall burden of disease between 15-24 year olds
• Mental health problems often first develop during adolescence and early adulthood
• There is a stigma attached with mental health problems which may hinder young people from seeking help
• Youth may not be well informed
• Professional help may not always be on hand
• A young person may not realise that they need help of that effective help is available for them
• Members of the public often do not know how to respond and the helper's actions mat determine how quickly the young person gets help and/or recovers

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