[UK, 02/09/2021] Mental health training provider Mental Health and Life provides individuals with the necessary tools and knowledge to help others through their online self-paced courses.

The courses tackle mental health issues and how they can be identified and subsequently managed. They are part of the organisation’s commitment to spread awareness and empower people with information on mental health and its relationship with a full and happy life.

Self-Paced Courses

The organisation offers their courses remotely using an online learning software interface. Students work independently and at their own pace. Compared to more traditional training courses with rigid timelines, these self-paced courses offer students a lot more flexibility in scheduling.

The self-paced courses also make the learning experience an individual one, instead of communal. This relieves pressure from the learner, especially since the subject of mental health involves a certain stigma. The organisation recognises this challenge as well and positions its courses in a more conducive way.

Self-paced courses are also often the more cost-effective alternative since there are no physical facilities to build and maintain.

Mental Health First Aid

The Mental Health First Aid or MHFA courses that the organisation offers teach learners ways to help the people in their lives who might be developing or experiencing mental health problems. The courses include discussions on identifying various mental health conditions and how to offer support.

These courses also empower the learners to have the confidence necessary to start a conversation with people with mental health issues and encourage them to seek professional help.

The courses teach learners to understand and take care of their own mental health and well-being as well.

About Mental Health and Life

Richie Perera, the founder of Mental Health and Life, saw the need for their organisation after being diagnosed with mixed depression and anxiety disorder. Realising that he had been living with these conditions for years without getting the proper support alerted him to the fact that mental health awareness was lacking in the UK.

Now, Perera has built a fully licensed and accredited organisation that draws attention to the importance of mental health and empowers individuals to help those living with mental health conditions find support.

Learn more about Mental Health and Life on their website: www.mentalhealthandlife.org.