Scotland's Mental Health First Aid
In-depth training to help people understand mental health, recognise when someone may need support and respond with greater confidence.
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Explore Scotland’s Mental Health First Aid, focused mental health modules and training tailored around particular organisations and groups.
Mental Health Awareness Modules
Focused courses exploring individual areas of mental health in greater depth and building confidence in how people respond.
Tailored Training
Training shaped around the needs of particular organisations, sectors and groups, with content adapted to the people in the room.
Start with your need
What would you like the training to help with?
Start with what you would like people to understand, feel more confident doing or be better prepared for. We’ll help you find the training that fits.
Build mental health awareness
Build a clearer understanding of mental health, common difficulties and how people can respond when someone may need support.
Have better conversations about mental health
Help people talk about mental health with greater confidence, listen well and respond in ways that feel supportive.
Recognise when someone may need support
Help people notice changes that may suggest someone is struggling and feel more confident checking in and offering support.
Develop listening skills
Build practical listening skills for more confident, respectful and supportive conversations.
Create more supportive environments
Build shared understanding and confidence around mental health so people feel more able to talk, listen and support one another.
Reduce stigma and misconceptions
Challenge common assumptions and explore how language, attitudes and stigma can affect the way people understand and respond to mental health.
Understand specific mental health difficulties
Explore particular mental health difficulties in greater depth and build confidence in recognising, understanding and responding to them.
Support recovery
Understand what mental health recovery can mean and how to support hope, choice and independence without taking over.
Support someone in crisis
Build confidence responding when someone may be in significant distress, including supportive conversations, immediate safety and finding further help.
