What is the Cedar Tree Mental Health Awareness course?
The Cedar Tree Mental Health Awareness course is an online interactive workshop that provides an overview and understanding of the mental health landscape. Providing tools to look after your own and others mental health & well-being, insights into the factors that affect our mental health & well-being, information on the protective and risk factors for mental ill health and an understanding of adverse childhood experiences and its impact on a person life and health.

The Format   

• Duration: 1 day
• Venue: Face 2 Face or Online.     
  
• Style: Live & interactive - Learning takes place through a mix of group activities, presentations, discussions and videos. 

What we cover

• Mental Health Statistics in the UK.
• Mental Health in the Workplace
• The risk and protective factors of Mental ill-health.
• Mental Health Stigma.
• How to help someone to recover their health by guiding them to further support. 
• Tools on how look after your own mental well-being.
• How to support someone with mental ill-health.
• Early childhood adversity, the teenage brain and the health outcomes in adulthood.
• And there will be a story of hope through lived in experience of mental ill-health.
  

Course Agenda

Session 1

• Introduction to the Course
• A story of HOPE
• Mental health stigma
  

Session 2

• Mental health statistics  
• Mental Health in the Workplace
• Looking after yourself
• What is H.O.P.E.
  

Session 3

• Risk Factors for Mental ill Health
• Early Childhood Trauma (ACE's) – Part 1
• Blame & Guilt 
  

Session 4

• Early Childhood Trauma (ACE's) – Part 2
• The Teenage brain
• Mental Health disorders 
• Protective Factors for Mental ill Health
• Summary

How will attending this training help?

Research shows that taking part in mental health awareness events:

• Raises awareness and mental health literacy.
• Reduces stigma around mental ill health.
• Boosts knowledge and confidence in dealing with mental health issues.
• Promotes early intervention which enables recovery.

On completion

Everyone who completes the course will receive a Cedar Tree certificate of attendance. 

Miscellaneous

The Mental Health Awareness course can also be run over

2 half days or

4 evenings or
(weekends are also possible)

Each session is approximately 2 hours 

(depending on how involved group members participate and discussions. )