Mental Health Awareness Training

Build practical mental health awareness for safer workplace conversations.

  • 4.8 (13 reviews)
  • 71 students
  • 6 hour
Course Type: Video
Course Language: English
Course Region: Worldwide
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Overview

Poor mental health can hide behind everyday behaviour. What happens when warning signs go unnoticed? Problems can grow into absence, conflict, and mistakes. In 2024/25, 964,000 workers across Britain faced these conditions.

This Mental Health Awareness Training builds practical workplace confidence. Recognise warning signs, communicate supportively, and respond appropriately. Reduce uncertainty, harmful assumptions, risks, and costly mistakes. Start today and help build a healthier workplace.

What you'll learn

By completing this course, learners will be able to:

  • Identify core mental health concepts and common awareness challenges
  • Explain workplace factors affecting mental health and wellbeing
  • Recognise common signs linked with stress and anxiety disorders
  • Describe awareness considerations for mood and personality disorders
  • Distinguish common warning signs for eating and sleeping disorders
  • Assess when self-harm concerns require urgent escalation
  • Apply practical wellbeing strategies from the mental wellbeing toolkit

Certification

Certification

After completing the course, learners will receive a Certificate of Completion from Global Safety Academy.

It demonstrates completed learning in mental health awareness and wellbeing. It does not create clinical or regulated professional status.

Certification

Course Curriculum

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6 hour total length

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6 hour total length

Module 01: Introduction to Mental Health Awareness

  • Introduction to Mental Health Awareness

Module 02: Mental Health in the Workplace

  • Mental Health in the Workplace

Module 03: Stress and Anxiety Disorders

  • Stress and Anxiety Disorders

Module 04: Mood and Personality Disorders

  • Mood and Personality Disorders

Module 05: Eating and Sleeping Disorders

  • Eating and Sleeping Disorders

Module 06: Self-Harm and Suicide

  • Self-Harm and Suicide

Module 07: Mental Wellbeing Toolkit

  • Mental Wellbeing Toolkit

Mock Exam

  • This practice assessment supports final exam preparation.

Final Exam

  • The final exam checks full course understanding.

Requirements

No previous mental health qualification is required. Employees, managers, and people-focused professionals can all benefit.

Workplace experience may help, but it remains optional. Learners should follow local policies and authorised responsibilities.

Learners should have:

  • Interest in applying learning professionally
  • Interest in mental health awareness
  • A device with internet access
  • Desktop or laptop access recommended

Why Choose Us

Learners choose Global Safety Academy because the training is:

  • Clear, structured, and easy to follow
  • Suitable for busy professionals and teams
  • Focused on real workplace challenges
  • Built around practical application
  • Written in accessible Global English
  • Supported by certificate-based completion

Career Opportunities

This course can support professionals moving towards roles such as:

  • Workplace Wellbeing Champion
  • Human Resources Coordinator
  • People and Culture Assistant
  • Health and Safety Coordinator
  • Employee Engagement Coordinator
  • Workplace Mental Health Advocate

This training can strengthen awareness within people-focused roles. It does not qualify learners for clinical practice.

More About This Course

What Is Mental Health Training?

Mental health awareness training explains common concerns, warning signs, and responses. It helps learners understand how mental health affects daily functioning. Learners also explore stigma, communication, and appropriate support boundaries.

The course focuses on awareness rather than clinical diagnosis. Learners develop confidence recognising concerns and responding appropriately. They also understand when professional support may become necessary.

Who Needs Mental Health Awareness Training?

Mental health awareness supports many roles across modern organisations. This course suits employees, managers, supervisors, and support professionals. Human resources and wellbeing teams can also benefit.

Customer-facing staff may regularly encounter emotionally difficult situations. Better awareness can improve confidence during sensitive workplace conversations. Employers can also use training to strengthen supportive cultures.

What Does a Mental Health Awareness Course Cover?

Course modules build understanding progressively across seven focused areas. Learners begin with mental health foundations and workplace context. They then examine stress, anxiety, mood, and personality disorders.

Eating, sleeping, self-harm, and suicide awareness follow. Finally, learners explore practical tools supporting everyday mental wellbeing. The detailed Curriculum above shows the complete learning structure.

Why Is Mental Health Training Important at Work?

Mental health concerns can affect attendance, relationships, and productivity. They can also influence confidence, communication, and workplace safety. WHO estimates depression and anxiety cause twelve billion lost workdays.

Awareness training helps people recognise concerns before problems escalate. It can support earlier conversations and appropriate professional signposting. However, training never replaces clinical assessment or emergency support.

Related Stress Awareness Training can deepen workplace stress understanding.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mental health training builds awareness of common mental health concerns. It helps learners recognise warning signs and respond appropriately. 

Yes. Some support roles may not require degrees. Employers may require relevant training, experience, or background checks.

Yes. Regular exercise can reduce stress and improve mood, sleep, and overall wellbeing. 

Common signs include resilience, healthy relationships, emotional balance, motivation, focus, confidence, adaptability, self-care, purpose, and coping skills. 

Mental health affects wellbeing, relationships, decision-making, and workplace performance. Good awareness supports earlier recognition and appropriate support. 

In the UK, Mental Health Awareness Week ran from 11–17 May. It is organised annually by the Mental Health Foundation

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