Mental Health First Aid for the Veteran Community

Join us to become certified in Mental Health First Aid and increase your confidence and willingness to help by learning what signs to look for and the appropriate treatment to better manage potential or developing mental health problems.

Mental Health First Aid Veteran Community is the help provided to members of the Veteran Community developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental crisis. It does not train people to become counsellors or therapists and just like physical first aid, this course aims to ensure that those most in contact with members of the Veteran Community can identify the signs of an emerging mental health problem and respond effectively in a crisis.

This course will teach you how to: 

• recognize the signs of mental health decline or crisis 
• have conversations that encourage discussing wellbeing and supports 
• assist in substance use crisis 
• use MHFA actions to maintain your own well-being 

Dates: March 25 & 26
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: MFRC
Open to: Medically releasing CAF members, medically released Veterans, and their families (3B release or preparing for 3B release) are given priority. CAF, Veteran, Defence Community families and Families of the Fallen are eligible to attend if space is available