Workplaces

Why Choose Mental Health First Aid® India?

Mental health costs Indian businesses 14 million USD annually. Leaders are recognising the negative impact of poor mental health on their business and society at large.  As a leader, you care for your business and for the people you work with, therefore making mental health part of your personal and business agenda becomes paramount.

Providing your team with access to quality care is not enough to mitigate the impact of poor mental health. Beliefs, social exposure and stigma, lack of knowledge on mental health and help negation are some of the invisible barriers that keep your staff members from reaching out for help or talking about mental health.

Quality education on mental health is a powerful tool to equip your team members with the right set of knowledge and build positive attitudes and helpful behaviour towards mental health and illnesses. Mental Health Literacy - a term coined by Professor Anthony Francis Jorm - the founder of the MHFA™ program, is proven to be built through standardized Mental Health First Aid programs.  


What Science Suggests

“Training managers to support their workers’ mental health should be delivered to improve managers’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviour for mental health and to improve workers’ help-seeking behaviour.”

“Attention should be paid to ensure the quality and effectiveness of the training before delivering it to managers.”

World Health Organisation - Guidelines of Mental Health at Work, 2022

“Protect and promote mental health at work, especially through training and interventions that improve mental health literacy, strengthen skills to recognize and act on mental health conditions at work, and empower workers to seek support.”

International Labour Organisation, WHO - Mental Health at Work: Policy Brief, 2022

WHAT MHFA™ Evaluation says

MHFA™ program is evidence-based, evidence-informed and rigorously updated

“The results demonstrate that MHFA™ increases participants’ knowledge regarding mental health, decreases their negative attitudes, and increases supportive behaviour toward individuals with mental health problems. The MHFA™ program appears recommendable for public health action.”

Systematic review and meta-analysis of Mental Health First Aid® training

Effects on knowledge, stigma, and helping behaviour 2018

With MHFA™ India, you can

  • Train your managers and team

    Through various evidence-based and well-researched MHFA™ programs.

  • Get support for MHFAiders®

    To initiate application of first aid skills at your organisation right after the learning.

  • Be a part of the MHFAiders® community

    For support and updated resources to maintain and enhance first-aiders’ knowledge and skills.

Improve your organisation preventive actions on poor mental health with MHFA Officers

MHFA™ Officers are Accredited MHFAiders® appointed to offer Mental Health First Aid® in an organisation. These officers are trained to provide initial informal contact, assistance and referrals to employees in the workplace.

Benefits of appointing MHFA™ Officers

Improve workplace culture

MHFA™ Officers strengthen a supportive workplace culture. They help organisations demonstrate that it cares about the well-being of their staff. This results in better cohesion and retention.

Increases support

MHFA™ Officers encourage the staff to speak openly about mental health and also provide timely support to them. They are also able to facilitate early intervention.

Add on to existing services

MHFA™ Officers work with existing workplace support like current employee assistance programs and encourage the staff to maximise its use.

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What Our Learners Are Saying

Read the notes left from MHFA India Learners on their experience.

  • Has given me a fresh perspective about MH and also the given me tools to help those who are affected by it to overcome it.

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    Air Asia

    Raamish

  • A truly an eye opener from the common words that we use commonly and look at mental health without any judgements.

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    OSB

    Arjun Arun

  • Practical course that
    can be used both in
    personal and professional life.

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    Air Asia

    Clare Shunmugam

  • It was completely a new learning for me. I wish to do more advance certification.

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    Cholamandalam

    Rakesh Tripathi

  • An eye opening session that helped me understand how important mental health is.

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    BECHTEL

    Rajoshree Maitra

  • I am more confident that I understand this topic more, have become more empathetic and willing to help more.

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    P&G

    Sushree Suman

  • Overall very useful course, not only in
    office but even in day to day life.

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    STANTEC

    Vrushali Kulkarni

  • The instructor explained the topics by making easy to it understand. found her knowledgeable and showed the expertise in the subject.

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    BECHTEL

    Vrushali Kulkarni

  • The instructor has a unique style of presenting the case
    studies and cascade down to each and every step diligently.
    Her knowledge base is vast, and I learned
    a lot from her.

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    BECHTEL

    Nivedita

  • The instructor has covered all the relevant topics and she made the session more effective by live role plays. She was very
    composed and calm and never hesitate to give real life examples.

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    Cholamandalam

    Rakesh Tripathi

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