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MHFA in the News

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) in the News: Read the latest articles and announcements on MHFA — from the program’s impact on the wellbeing of workplaces, schools, and communities around the country.

To get in touch with our Public Relations team for your coverage, please contact Irene Tung at IreneT@TheNationalCouncil.org.

More companies train staff to be mental health first aiders
July 2, 2024

Building a Mentally Healthy Workplace
October 20, 2023

Why companies like Kate Spade are giving mental health training to their store employees
September 2023

Why employers like Lululemon and CVS offer Mental Health First Aid training to employees
December 11, 2023

Goldman Sachs wants to train 1,000 employees in ‘Mental Health First Aid’ by 2024
October 20, 2023

Helping an Employee in Distress
September 2023

School creates Mental Health First Aid program
July 7, 2023

How Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty brings mental health advocacy to the office
May 31, 2023

Here’s what kids say about mental health, helping each other
May 17, 2023

Program teaches teens how to help peers struggling with mental health
April 6, 2023

A novel program for teens in mental health crisis
March 3, 2023

The pandemic made employers care about mental health. Will it last?
April 1, 2022

How Companies Teach Their Employees First Aid for Mental Health
February 12, 2020

Mental Health First Aid training has taught the officer to ask his charges, “What happened?” instead of, “What’s wrong with you?”” –Officer Orlando Singleton
So many people are out there wishing for something better, hoping that help will show up. That’s what Mental Health First Aid is – it is help to get people connected to care and ultimately to get them to a better place.” –Tousha Paxton-Barnes, U.S. Army Veteran
I wish that every corrections officer could receive Mental Health First Aid training. I believe that our corrections system would be better because of it – the inmates would benefit, the officers would benefit and ultimately our communities would benefit.” –Lt. Virgil Meyer, Lieutenant, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
As adults, we sometimes forget how hard it was being an adolescent. When we see a kid who is just miserable at school, we might think they choose to be that way – or that it’s just part of adolescence. But in fact, they might be in a mental health crisis, one they certainly did not choose and do not want. When a teacher says “how can I be helpful,” that is a powerful question. ” –Alyssa Fruchtenicht, School-Based Mental Health Counselor

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