Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training and transport workers

The intervention is the training of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) program. Informational materials and activities used will include the standard MHFA manual (written by Betty Kitchener, Anthony Jorm and Claire Kelly, which covers "Introduction to Mental Health Problems and MHFA", "First Aid for Developing Mental Health Problems" (including anxiety, depression, psychosis, substance use problems, gambling problems, eating disorders) and "First Aid for Mental Health Crises" (including suicidal thoughts and behaviours, non-suicidal self-injury, panic attacks, traumatic event, severe psychotic states, severe effects from alcohol and drug use, aggressive behaviours). The manual includes statistics of various mental illnesses and strategies (e.g. mental health plan, resources for help seeking) that the participants will be introduced to by the MHFA trainer. There will also be MHFA videos that cover role-play scenarios (played by professional actors) of various mental health conditions, and other role-play activities that the participants can act on with their peers during the training session. The training session will be delivered by accredited MHFA trainer in person (face-to-face mode) for 12 hours over a 2-day period (6 hours/day). The 2-day intervention will be delivered once to the participants on site, either at the TWU branch offices or the participating companies, in a small group setting (<15 people in a room). Having the accredited MHFA trainer delivering the intervention helps to maintain adherence and fidelity to the intervention.