Welcome to MHFA England
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is exactly what you might think – a first aid approach to mental health. Originally founded and developed by Betty Kitchener and Professor Tony Jorm in Australia, MHFA has been successfully introduced around the world, in countries as widespread as Hong Kong, Singapore, Finland, Canada, USA and Scotland.
About MHFA England
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England is a Community Interest Company (CIC), providing the MHFA and Youth MHFA instructor training programme. Approved instructors then go on to deliver either the MHFA or Youth MHFA course. Usually taught over two days, the course is evidence-based and has been developed and regulated by the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE). It covers the causes, symptoms and treatments of common mental health problems. Please click here (pdf) here (text only) for more details of the MHFA course, and here (pdf) here (text only) for details on the MHFA Youth course (links open in new window).
Our aim is to give everyone the knowledge and confidence to recognise signs of mental health problems, encourage someone to seek the right help, and to reduce the stigma around mental illness.
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has accredited the Mental Health First Aid instructor training programme. MHFA England is also supported by the National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU) and endorsed by the Department of Health.
