Mental Health First Aid Guidelines Project

A project is underway to produce guidelines for first aid for a range of developing mental disorders and mental health crisis situations. These guidelines are being produced using the Delphi method, which a systematic way of assessing the consensus of a panel of experts. The guidelines consist of first aid actions that have been rated as important or essential by expert panels of professionals, consumers and carers. So far, the following guidelines have been produced:

Future guidelines are planned to cover:

Mental Health First Aid Guidelines for Other Cultures

The above guidelines have been developed for use in developed English-speaking countries. They may not be applicable in other cultures or with minority cultures within developed English-speaking countries. Projects are underway to develop guidelines that can be applied in other cultural groups. The following guidelines are currently available:

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