World Mental Health Day 2020
Today is world mental health day, to help raise awareness we would like to highlight some figures from the mental health charity mind.
- 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem of some kind each year in England.
- 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (like anxiety and depression) in any given week in England.
Suicidal thoughts and self-harm aren’t mental health diagnoses. But they are related to mental health. Over the course of someone’s lifetime:
- 1 in 5 people have suicidal thoughts
- 1 in 14 people self-harm
- 1 in 15 people attempt suicide.
Women are more likely to have suicidal thoughts and make suicide attempts than men. But men are 3 times more likely to take their own life than women.
Med Learn Training offer a suite of regulated First Aid For Mental Health qualifications like the Level 2 Award in First Aid for Mental Health which can equip you with the knowledge to recognise a range of mental health conditions and to be able to signpost someone to professional support.
Our Level 3 Award in Supervising First Aid for Mental Health course equips team leaders, supervisors and managers with the ability to be able to open a non judgemental and supportive chat and to know when and how to allow someone to seek professional advice.
Contact us on 01522 775565, email info@medlearntraining.co.uk or tap the live chat button at the bottom right of this page to start a chat.
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