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Mental Health First
Aid Certification
Listrom Training and Consulting are offering
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) certification
courses. The two sessions are Oct. 24 and 25,
2018, in Saskatoon, at Holiday Inn Express &
Suites hotel and Nov. 7 and 8, 2018, in Regina,
at Comfort Suites hotel.
MHFA is a nationally recognized two-day
workshop involving 12 hours of instruction.
To obtain certification through the Mental
Health Commission of Canada, participants
must attend all 12 hours.
Topics covered
• Substance-related disorders – including
crisis response for an overdose.
• Mood-related disorders – including crisis
response for suicidal behaviour.
• Anxiety and trauma-related disorders
– including crisis response for a panic
attack and crisis response for acute
stress reaction.
• Psychotic disorders – including crisis
response for a psychotic episode.
MHFA is the help provided to a person de-veloping
a mental health problem, experi-encing
the worsening of an existing mental
health problem or in a mental health crisis.
Just like physical first aid is provided until
medical treatment can be obtained, MHFA
is given until appropriate support is found or
until the crisis is resolved.
For the workplace, MHFA is a foundation-al
component of any Psychological Health
and Safety program. According to the Mental
Health Commission of Canada, 20 per cent of
all sick leaves are related to mental health.
The Great-West Life Assurance Company re-ports
that 30 per cent of all disability claims
are related to mental health and that depres-sion
is a secondary diagnosis in 75 per cent of
long-term disability claims. Employers who
set a strategic direction for improving men-tal
health in the workplace benefit greatly,
and are rewarded with significant improve-ments
in:
• Productivity. Psychologically healthy
employees work efficiently;
• Cost savings due to disability and
absenteeism. There is a strong link
between mental health, physical well-being
and injury prevention;
• Operational success. Mentally healthy
workplaces are characterized by
higher levels of employee motivation,
commitment, innovation and creativity,
as well as fewer errors, better decision
making and improved planning;
• Recruitment and retention. Today’s
employees are looking for a workplace
that supports their personal and
professional growth;
• Conflict reduction. Better mental
health among employees means fewer
grievances and complaints, and a stronger
corporate reputation.
Registration information
The cost of attending this MHFA work-shop
is $250 plus five per cent GST per
participant, and the course capacity is
25 participants. To secure a seat, please
complete the registration form, found at
bit.ly/2NOLDjb, and return it by email to
carissaclark17@hotmail.com. Full payment
of the course fee is due 14 days before the
course begins. Fees may be paid by cheque
(payable to Carissa Listrom) or by electronic
money transfer (security question answer:
mhfirstaid). If mailing a cheque, please in-clude
the original registration form so pay-ments
can be tracked.
For additional information regard-ing
MHFA and other course dates / lo-cations,
please contact Carissa Listrom
by email or phone, 306-526-2958, or visit
www.listromtrainingandconsulting.com.
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MHFA certification courses cover topics such as crisis response training for acute
stress reactions in the workplace
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