Did You Know…
As many as 1 in 5 women develop a mental illness during pregnancy or in the first year after birth.
37% of new dads are worried about their mental health.
1 in 7 new mums hide the full extent of mental health challenges.
There’s no denying that becoming a parent is a life-altering experience and it can bring with it challenges that we may not have been expecting.
Brand new parents mental health first aid e-learning course
The ‘enjoy every minute’ narrative that can often accompany motherhood in the early days isn’t helpful either, especially if you are struggling with your mental health.
Daisy First Aid are proud and excited to be launching our brand new parents mental health first aid e-learning course which is available now.
This course is perfect for pregnancy, the early days of parenthood and well beyond.
The course is designed to help break the stigma and get in front of mental health issues to prevent mental health crisis. This is course will help you to recognise mental health issues (in yourself, a friend or partner) and get the relevant support and help you need in place as quickly as possible.
According to a study carried out by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 28% of women feel there is a stigma attached to a perinatal mental health problems. It can be difficult to discuss mental health problems but this course is designed to arm you with the facts and uses scientifically proven practises such as mindfulness and CBT to help you create a personal wellbeing plan that you can return to time and time again when you feel you need a bit of extra support.
This e-Learning course is interactive and designed to appeal to a range of learning styles, allows learners to work at their own pace and includes signposts to all relevant organisations that can provide help for a variety of circumstances.
What’s included in the course?
– Understand what mental health is and how to talk about it
– Understand why new parents struggle with mental health
– Recognise and understand depression
– Recognise and understand anxiety
– Recognise and understand trauma
– Recognise and understand stress
– Recognise and understand identity and adjustment disorder
– Help benchmark your mental health and recognise when you or a loved one needs help
– Help understand, recognise and plan for stress triggers of yourself or a loved one
– Help understand, recognise and plan for how to deal with sleep disruption
– Help understand, recognise and plan for bad days
– Help to give yourself permission to put yourself first and improve your mental health
– Understand where you can go to get help with mental health
All this for just £25.00
If you’d like to know more or to purchase this course for yourself or a loved-one please click here to find your local Daisy trainer.