MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY EMPOWERMENT
For major physical diseases, it is widely accepted that members of the public will benefit by knowing what actions they can take for prevention, early intervention, and treatment. However, this type of public knowledge about mental disorders (mental health literacy) has received much less attention. There is evidence from surveys in several countries for deficiencies in (a) the public’s knowledge of how to prevent mental disorders, (b) recognition of when a disorder is developing, (c) knowledge of help-seeking options and treatments available, (d) knowledge of effective self-help strategies for milder problems, and (e) mental health crisis support skills to support others affected by mental health problems. Nevertheless, there is evidence that a range of interventions can improve mental health literacy, including whole-of-community campaigns, interventions in educational settings, workplaces, and information websites. There is also evidence for historical improvements in mental health literacy in some countries. Increasing the community’s mental health literacy needs to be a focus for national policy and population monitoring so that the whole community is empowered to take action for better mental health wellness.
World Mental Resilience Programs offers a range of internationally recognized comprehensive skills and knowledge based early-intervention courses based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of people with lived experiences of mental health problems and mental health professionals from the American Psychological Association (APA), British Psychological Association (BPA), the Pan African Psychology Union (PAPU) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Mental Health Crisis Support Practice® (MHCSP™) courses teach participants – Mental Health Crisis Support Practice® (MHCSP™) a mental health intervention model developed by World Mental Resilience Programs comprising of five interrelated complimentary mental health intervention systems, (1) Mental Health Literacy Empowerment Interventions, (2) Mental Health Breakdowns Primary Prevention Interventions, (3) Mental Health Crisis Risk Reduction Interventions, (4) Mental Health Crisis Harm Reduction Interventions and (5) Mental Health Resilience Building Interventions to build and create recovery opportunities, immunity, resilience, adaptation, and coping strategies to mental health crisis.
The concept of Mental Health Crisis Support Practice is to empower and capacitate an ordinary person as well as mental health practitioners with evidence-based knowledge and practical skills that promote sustainable mental health systems, programs, solutions, strategies and action plans through tailor designing, development, implementation and reviews of mental health interventions from an individual level across all social institutions covering the signs and symptoms of mental health breakdowns and teach the practical skills needed to support someone experiencing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves.
In Mental Health Crisis Support Practice® (MHCSP™) course trainings; participants also learn about the types of help and support available and how to help someone access the support they need as well as the appropriate professional referral pathways and systems. World Mental Resilience Programs owns the copyright rights of Mental Health Crisis Support Practice® (MHCSP™) courses. MHCSP™ and MHCSPractitioner™ are the registered Trademarks of World Mental Resilience Programs.
Mental Health Crisis Support Practice® (MHCSP™) also teach participants [Mental Health Hygiene Practices® (MHHP™)] the daily activities and practices that support and maintain positive mental health wellness. Public health guidelines tell us that we need to do small tasks daily to maintain our physical and dental hygiene, like showering and brushing our teeth. We are now extending the same concept to mental health wellness. Just like going to the gym is about building up our strength, Mental Health Crisis Support Practice® (MHCSP™) is about building up that mental muscle. It is an important way to maintain good mental health, to build and create recovery opportunities, immunity, resilience, adaptation, and the coping strategies/measures to mental health crisis pandemic.
Mental Health Crisis Support Practice® (MHCSP™) courses and trainings to individuals, groups, families, learning institutions, religious and cultural institutions, public and private sector companies, organisations and agencies are offered and delivered under the authority, guidelines, and safeguarding policies of the World Mental Resilience Programs.
Mental Health Crisis Support Practice® (MHCSP™) Specialised Courses and Applied Courses are open for both Online Classes and Physical Classes. (Open to 3 months installment payment options). The MHCSP™ training takes a total of 3 months (1 month theory and 2 months supervised practice). The supervised practice (attachment) is provided at World Mental Resilience Programs through onsite, remote and virtual options flexible to all students around the globe. Mental Health Hygiene Practice® (MHHP™) Course trainings are open for both Online Classes and Physical Classes. The MHHP™ training takes a total of 1 month (1 week theory and 3 weeks supervised practice). The supervised practice (attachment) is provided at World Mental Resilience Programs through onsite, remote and virtual options flexible to all students around the globe.
Leading the sustainable availability, accessibility, affordability and embracement of sustainable mental health literacy empowerment interventions… leaving no one and no place behind – mental health literacy empowerment is a universal human right.
