Mental Health First Aid at Workplace

Instructor

Md. Salim Hossain

Categories

Organization Psychology

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Overview
Instructor

Be the Mental First Aider at your organization

Encouraging early help-seeking is one way to promote a mentally healthy workplace. This is where Mental Health First Aid can help. Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based training course which gives your employees the skills and confidence to have supportive conversations with their co-workers and help guide them to professional help if needed.

Hence, for the first time in Bangladesh Enroute Center for Development has brought an extensive training program on “Mental Health First Aid at Workplace”.

Join this 2 Day Training program featuring aced professional and academician in psychology and become the Mental First Aider at your organization

Outline:

Lesson 1: Mental Health First Aid
• Definition
• Aims
• Why MHFA

Lesson 2: Basic Steps of MHFA
• ALGEE model

Lesson 3: Depression
• Definition
• Symptoms
• Severity
• Effects
• Appearance
• Bipolar and
• Depression
• Risk Factors
• Signs and symptoms of depression at workplace
• First Aid for Depression
• CPR

Lesson 4: Anxiety
• Definition
• General symptoms
• A test for anxiety
• Symptoms of GAD
• Panic Attack
• Acute stress disorder and PTSD
• OCD
• Risk factors
• Alcohol, Caffeine, Drugs and Anxiety
• First Aid for Anxiety
• Expressions of Distress and DespairLesson 5: Psychosis
• Definition
• Common symptoms of psychosis
• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar disorder
• Risk factors for psychotic disorders
• First Aid for Psychosis

Lesson 6: Five ways to well-being
• connect
• be active
• take notice
• keep learning
• give

Course Information

Reg. Ends 20 January, 2021
Start Date 21 January, 2021
End Date 22 January, 2021
Class Schedule 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Total Hours 03
Venue Title Online Live Training
Venue Address www.sudoksho.com/class-room

Md. Salim Hossain

Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Dhaka. Mental Health Consultant, Enroute

Md. Salim Hossain
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Dhaka
Mental Health Consultant, Enroute

Md. Salim Hossain started his career as Mental Health Counselor in BRAC University. Then he joined as faculty member in United International University. In 2010, he joined in the Department of Psychology, University of Dhaka. In addition to teaching, Mr. Salim has vast interest in research especially in the field of Industrial, Cognitive and Educational areas. He pioneered Industrial-Organizational Psychology in Bangladesh and started a new stream as MS in IO Psychology in the Department of Psychology. He has over 16 national and international publications on different areas of behavioral sciences. Additionally, Mr. Salim worked as consultant in different national and International organizations like IZA, DFID, CDD, CIDIP, ERG, IoM, a2i etc

Khaleda Yeasmin
Psychosocial Counsellor, Maya Apa
Psychosocial Counsellor, Enroute

Ms. Khaleda has completed her graduation and post-graduation in Psychology from University of Dhaka. Later on, she carried out her professional MS in Counselling Psychology from University of Dhaka. In professional life, she worked in the training division of the largest web portal of Bangladesh, Bdjobs.com. She also served in Dhaka Medical College Psychiatry unit, TSC counselling unit.

Currently, she is working as counselor in Maya Apa, a concern of BRAC. She is trained in different areas of counselling like, Non-Violent Communication (NVC), Human Resource Counselling, Transactional Analysis (TA), Gestalt therapy, Online and tele counselling etc.