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Mental health first response: Risk conversations, substance use and naloxone

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for front-line clinical staff. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 45 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 19 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 45 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Recognising common mental health presentations · 8 min

    Recognise common signs of depression, anxiety, psychosis and delirium.

  • Lesson 2: Suicide and self-harm risk conversations · 11 min

    Ask directly and compassionately about suicide and self-harm, find out what matters now, and refer.

  • Lesson 3: Sudden behaviour change: think physical first · 5 min

    Treat sudden behaviour change as possibly physical and get help, using your local de-escalation policy.

  • Lesson 4: Substance use and naloxone · 8 min

    Recognise opioid overdose and respond, including giving naloxone where available.

  • Lesson 5: Stigma and signposting · 8 min

    Use non-stigmatising language and signpost to the right help.

  • Lesson 6: Final assessment · 5 min

    Final assessment · Completion

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Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At induction + annual update (organisation policy).

Front-line clinical staff, healthcare assistants, care workers, emergency department, ambulance and community teams who are not mental health specialists.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Employee assistance or staff psychological support
  • Liaison psychiatry, crisis team or mental health referral pathway, with numbers
  • Confidentiality, consent and information sharing when someone is at risk
  • Your de-escalation and violence-prevention policy
  • Observations and checks for sudden behaviour change
  • Internal emergency team number and national emergency number
  • Which naloxone product you hold, who may give it and how
  • Where kits are kept
  • Local rules for handing out take-home kits
  • Basic life support procedure
  • Crisis and support numbers for your area
  • Crisis and support numbers for your area
  • Debrief after difficult events
  • Incident reporting system
  • LMS or record system
  • Live session URL
  • Course URL
  • Educator contact
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