Just as CPR helps you assist someone having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone facing a mental health crisis.
About this Event

Mental Health First Aid is an early intervention public education program. It teaches adults how to recognize the signs and symptoms that suggest a potential mental health challenge, how to listen non-judgmentally and give reassurance to a person who may be experiencing a mental health challenge, and how to refer a person to appropriate professional support and services.

Adult Mental Health First Aid consists of 2-hours of self-paced content followed by 5.5 hours of live instructor-led training held via Zoom.

Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. In the Mental Health First Aid course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help.

Topics Covered

Depression and mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Trauma
Psychosis
Substance Use disorders / Self-Injury

Mental Health First Aid teaches about recovery and resiliency – the belief that individuals experiencing these challenges can and do get better, and use their strengths to stay well.