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Young Minds Mental Health First Aid Course The Youth Mental Health First Aid Course was created by MHFA in Australia, which offers award-winning training in 25 countries. MHFA training is linked to improving knowledge of mental illness and its treatments, appropriate first aid strategies and confidence in providing first aid to individuals with mental illness. Training helps raise awareness and reduce stigma associated with mental illness. The 14-hour course is designed for adults who work or live with teenagers (12-18 years) - especially suitable for parents, teachers, sports coaches, youth workers and mentoring counselors. The course covers the signs and symptoms of mental health problems including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, psychosis and substance abuse problems and provides participants with the skills necessary to help adolescents with signs of mental illness. Participants will learn how to engage with a young person, start a conversation about men...

Delaying your child from school - yes or no? Most school-aged Australian parents have asked themselves, when is the right time to send my child to school? If their birthday is nearing the end of the cutoff period, should you keep them back a year? Or maybe they aren't just as social as some of the other kids of their age. Is this a reason to delay their start? Whether or not to delay your child’s start in school is a big decision. But it is also difficult, which can cause parents a lot of stress and anxiety. What is the right thing to do? Should you delay starting your child in school? Parents struggle to decide whether to delay or not If you are struggling to make a decision about the age at which to send a child to school, you are not alone. Dr. Emma Jury, a psychologist at the Queensland University of Technology's Early Childhood School, studied 224,000 public school students over a four-year period. As part of this study, Dr. Emma Jury attended online forum...

What to expect from a first psychology session   When you visit a doctor because you feel sick, say the flu, you know what to expect from your medical appointment, and you know that you will eventually feel better. But when you make an appointment to see a psychiatrist, do you know what will happen? You may not be sure if it will help you the way you hope. Many people do not know what to expect and are often worried about what lies ahead. Feeling anxious at first is normal It is normal to feel anxious when facing a new situation. Our brains are wired to vigorously consider the potential negative consequences of a new situation, as our brain tries to protect us from pain or discomfort. Unfortunately, our brains aren't always as useful as they are. Often times, the brain's attempt to protect us from potential pain prevents us from being able to experience positive results that can easily come from the new situation. A psychology session is basically about problem s...

How does alcohol use affect you? We have all heard it before. "Everything is in moderation." This is definitely true when it comes to alcohol consumption. While many Australians enjoy a glass of wine at a week-long dinner or a few types of beer with friends on the weekend, it is important to consider the effects of alcohol when it becomes excessive. Alcohol changes the chemical messages in our brain that control movement, emotion, judgment, speech, behavior and memory. This is why the short-term effects of alcohol consumption, which usually occur during a "big night" of drinking, include poor balance, poor speech, hasty behavior, memory or 'power outages', severe emotional responses, and loss of coordination . In the long run, chronic alcohol use increases the risk of: brain attack mental illness memory loss depression Paranoia Reduced attention span Alcohol abuse becomes alcohol use when a person's life is affected by drinking...