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MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDMENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDMENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDMENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
Dr Richard Castle PhD MDA BA FInstLM AFBPsS C.Psychol
Hereford Disability United Mental Health Seminar, 11 May 2016
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Route Map to MHFA!
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Mental Health Backdrop• One in Four British adults experience at least one diagnosable mental
health problem.
• At any given time 1 in 6 working age adults have symptoms associated with poor mental health (e.g. sleep problems, fatigue, etc) which do not meet the criteria for diagnosis
• 17% of the population have had suicidal thoughts; 6% have attempted suicide. Primary link to mental health condition.
• 6400 people in the UK died as the result of suicide in 2012.
• 80% of people who die by suicide have NOT been in contact with NHS Mental Health services in the year before death.
• NHS Mental Health: Access, Resources etc ..
• Stigma
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- Closing the Gap
• Through training, promote Understanding of Mental Health to:
• Enable people, and family groups, to cope with the experience of mental illness,
• Provide tools to enable people to successfully intervene when an individual is experiencing a mental health crisis, and
• Reduce Stigma.
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_ Increase people’s understanding of mental health
_ Increase people’s personal resilience
_ Spot the early signs of a mental health problem
_ Feel confident helping someone experiencing a problem
_ Provide help on a first aid basis
_ Help prevent someone from hurting themselves or others
_ Help stop a mental health problem from getting worse
_ Help someone recover faster
_ Guide someone towards the appropriate support
_ Reduce the stigma of mental health problems
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Aims of
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• Established in Australia in 2000
• Internationally recognised in 23 countries
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• Established in Australia in 2000
• Internationally recognised in 23 countries
• Introduced to England by the Department of Health in 2007
• MHFA England created as a Community Interest Company in 2009
• Provides training courses across the UK
• Hereford Veterans Support Group and partner organisations, August and December 2015
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Course outline
Section_01
_ Introduction to Mental Health First Aid
_ What is mental health?
_ Stigma and discrimination
_ Mental health problems, violence and the criminal justice system
_ ALGEE – the actions for mental health first aid
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Course outline
Section_02
_ Suicide
_ Depression
Section_03
_ Self harm
_ Eating Disorders
_ Psychosis
Section_04
_ Anxiety Disorders
_ Impact of Trauma
_ Alcohol and substance misuse
_ PTSD
_ Recovery
_ Action planning for using MHFA
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The mental health continuum
Minimal
mental ill
health
Maximum
mental ill
health
A person with a diagnosis
of a serious illness but who
copes well and has positive
mental health
A person with no
diagnosed illness
or disorder but who has
poor mental health
A person with no
illness or disorder
and positive mental
health
A person with a
diagnosis of a
serious illness and
who has poor
mental health
_ No
absolutes
_ The continuum . . .
Minimal mental
wellbeing / fitness
Maximal mental
wellbeing / fitness
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ST
IG
MA
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What’s in your stress bucket?
Vulnerability is shown
by the size of the
bucket
(Source: Brabban & Turkington 2002)
Stress flows into the bucket
Good coping = tap working lets the stress out
Bad coping = tap not working so water fills bucket and overflows
If the bucket
overflows,
problems
develop -
“snapping”
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Person/
Family/Carer
A
L
GE
E
• Assess the risk of suicide
or self harm
• Listen non-judgementally
• Give reassurance and
information
• Encourage the person to
get professional help
• Encourage self-help
strategies
Actions for Mental Health First Aid
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Any Questions?
Further Information:
MHFA England Website: www.mhfaengland.org
Richard Castle: [email protected]