Mental Health First Aid® (MHFA) Australia is a national non profit organisation focused on training and research first developed in 2001 by Betty Kitchener AM and Professor Tony Jorm. MHFA Australia?s Mission is ?provision of high quality, evidence based mental health first aid education open to all members of the community.?? Mental health first aid is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional treatment is received or until the crisis resolves (Kitchener & Jorm, 2002). Mental health first aid strategies are taught in training programs developed by the MHFA Australia program by a network of over 1000 Accredited Instructors across Australia and in 16 other countries around the world. MHFA Australia is a health promotion charity operating under the governance of a Board of Directors. For further information visit www.mhfa.com.au community mental health education, mental health literacy research