Mental Health
First Aid
Modules: Adult | Youth | Public Safety | Older Adults | Veterans | Higher Education
Duration: 8 hours
Description of Course:
Just as CPR helps you to assist an individual having a heart attack — even if you have no clinical training — Mental Health First Aid helps you to assist someone experiencing a mental health-related crisis. In the Mental Health First Aid Course, you will 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. You will learn how to apply the Mental Health First Aid action plan in a variety of situations, including when someone is experiencing:
- Panic attacks
- Suicidal thoughts or behavior
- Non-suicidal self-injury
- Acute psychosis (e.g., hallucination or delusions)
- Overdose or withdrawal from alcohol or drug use