History of Mental Health First Aid Training
The extension of first aid training to cover mental health problems and crises is a quite recent development. The first mental health first aid training course was developed in Australia by Betty Kitchener and Anthony Jorm in 2001. This training course has now been received by over 1% of the Australian adult population. This form of training has now spread to a number of other countries (Bermuda, Cambodia, Canada, China, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, Nepal, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Scotland, South Africa, Sweden, United States, Wales).
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