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First aid for mental health
February 8, 2017

First aid expands to include mental health

Psycho. Mental. Bipolar. OCD. Crazy. These are the words many teenagers use to describe people struggling with real or perceived…

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February 8, 2017

Del. Joseph Yost pushes for mental health training for college…

RICHMOND — An effort to mandate mental health training for resident advisers at Virginia’s public colleges is moving forward in…

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October 18, 2016

The Failing First Line of Defense

Teachers are often the first adults students turn to when struggling with mental health, but educators are not adequately trained…

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September 29, 2016

House Passes Mental Health First Aid Act

On Monday, the House chamber unanimously approved the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s version of H.R. 1877, the Mental Health First Aid…

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September 29, 2016

House Passes Mental Health First Aid Act

On Monday, the House chamber unanimously approved the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s version of H.R. 1877, the Mental Health First Aid…

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September 29, 2016

National Council Hosts Briefing on Early Intervention, Mental Health First…

On Monday, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing joined the Eating Disorders Coalition to host a congressional staff briefing on…

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September 22, 2016

Key House Committee Approves Mental Health First Aid Act

On Wednesday, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce approved its version of the Mental Health First Aid Act (H.R.…

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September 15, 2016

Mental Health First Aid Act Passes House Subcommittee

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health amended and approved the Mental Health First Aid Act (H.R. 1877) on…

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mental health prisons
mental health prisons
September 6, 2016

First aid for mental health: A new approach in Pennsylvania’s…

Pennsylvania prisons trained staff and inmates in Mental Health First Aid Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (CNN) – The man was about to…

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August 5, 2016

Reality seeps in as Pinellas educators learn to spot mental…

The woman in a cozy teal knit sweater with matching Chuck Taylor sneakers faced the stranger next to her and…

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August 2, 2016

Mental Health Association in New York State Trains 10,000th Mental…

ALBANY, N.Y. (July 29, 2016) – The Mental Health Association in New York State, Inc. trained the 10,000th Mental Health…

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July 25, 2016

Private pain, shared responsibly: talking about suicide with neighbors and…

Are you thinking about killing yourself? Pardon me for speaking so forwardly. It’s my responsibility to ask that question and…

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