Mental Health Awareness

Overview

This workshop provides an introduction to the topic of mental health, exploring what mental health is (and isn’t) and raising awareness of both common and less common mental health issues, their symptoms and effects and how to both identify and minimise them, to enable those who work in the organisation to actively promote a culture of wellbeing for the benefit of all.

The workshop also takes learners on a historical journey, explaining how the human brain works, what creates the anxiety that can lead to mental health issues and how that it impacts the brain, body and the workplace, as well as the role of stress and happiness hormones and simple things we can do ourselves to proactively minimise the possibility mental ill-health, both on ourselves and those we live and work with.

This course will enable you to

• Have an understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect mental wellbeing
• Be aware of the knowledge and skills to better manage your own mental wellbeing
• Create self-awareness and insight into your own mental health status and challenges
• Have the ability to identify the triggers and spot the signs of common mental health issues

Combining presentations and current statistical content with group activities and discussions, all rooted in modern neuroscience, this workshop equips learners with the above information and tools.

Who is the Course aimed at

Anyone who would like a better understanding and awareness of mental health, and the factors that can affect mental wellbeing.