Suicide Conversations

Learn practical skills to improve your confidence to provide mental health first aid to someone who is feeling suicidal.

Suicide conversations

This 4-hour Mental Health First Aid - Suicide Conversations Course aims to provide the skills and understanding to identify and support a person who is experiencing suicidal thoughts or behaviours until appropriate professional support can be accessed.

What the course covers:

Understanding accurate information about suicide rates and risk factors in the Australian context. Review the first aid guidelines on how to intervene when someone is experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviours

Participate in practice conversations and use new skills in a safe environment

Please note that the MHFA for the Suicidal Person Course is not a postvention course and is not recommended for individuals recently bereaved by suicide.

The MHFA for the Suicidal Person Course is not a therapy or a support group and it is important that people undertaking the course are feeling relatively robust when they undertake it.

You will learn:

Identify the warning signs for suicide
Have a conversation with someone who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts or behaviours
Confidently and safely support someone in crisis

Suicide Conversations