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Face-to-face
Minimum 8 and maximum 12 participants
- Acquire basic knowledge of mental health disorders and crises and how to identify them
- Understanding situations to identify the emergence of psychological disorders and the different types of crisis
- Developing interpersonal skills: listening without judgment, reassuring and providing information
- Coping better with aggressive behavior
- Test and appropriate the PSSM action plan to provide immediate support to the young people concerned.
Willingness to volunteer, fluency in written and spoken French
Open discussion, interactive theoretical presentation, work in sub-groups, practical exercises, videos, case studies, role-playing situations.
Active teaching
Day 1 :
Why mental health first aid?
- Development in adolescence
- Mental disorders in young people
The aérer action plan
- How do you communicate?
- Resource professionals
Introduction to depression
- Depression in young people
- PSSM action plan for depression (non-crisis)
- Crisis first aid for thoughts and feelings
suicidal behavior
- Crisis first aid for non-suicidal self-injury
Anxiety in young people
Types of anxiety disorders
Day 2 :
Anxiety in young people
- The PSSM action plan for anxiety (non-crisis)
- Crisis first aid: traumatic events
Eating disorders in young people (ED)
- Types of eating disorders
- The PSSM action plan for eating disorders (non-crisis)
- First aid in a medical emergency
Psychosis in young people
- The PSSM action plan for psychotic disorders (non-crisis)
- Crisis first aid for severe psychotic states
Youth substance use disorder
- The PSSM action plan for substance use disorders (non-crisis)
- First aid in case of poisoning
- First aid for aggressive behavior
- First aid in a medical emergency
