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For Hilda, there was no question. She turned to the skills she learned in the eight-hour Mental Health First Aid class she completed. She contacted the station manager to secure help and calmly talked to reassure the woman until help...

The Black Dog Riders had just finished the fourth leg of a 21-day ride that will take them from New York City to Los Angeles. The mission of the group is to raise awareness and funds for mental illness and...

Mental health first aid — as laid out in a program designed by an Australian psychologist and his wife, a nurse — gained a foothold in the United States in 2008 and has made big strides since. 09/21/2015 Link to...

The training session asked workers how they would respond to troubled people — a drug user, an abuse victim or someone with bipolar disorder — that they might encounter on the job. They weren’t doctors or therapists, and their employer, a...

As we find ourselves in National Suicide Prevention Month, it’s hard not to take this loss with a special kind of sadness – and even harder to wrap our minds around the bigger picture. 09/20/2015 Link to Source

The Mental Health First Aid program, which the Black Dog Riders are riding to support, is a way to ensure that each of us can be on the front line with our neighbors, co-workers, and friends to recognize when people...

The proceeds raised from this ride will go to Mental Health First Aid USA, providing scholarships for first responders and veterans to be trained in Mental Health First Aid, helping communities respond to mental health crises. Read more.

“Be Nice.” is a mental health awareness, anti-bullying and suicide prevention program that wants schools, workplaces and all of the West Michigan community to know that saving lives is as simple as just being nice. 09/18/2015 Link to Source

There was possibility in that empty lot, Fioravanti figured: If grass and weeds could grow there, why couldn’t vegetables? And, because she is a mental health professional, the vegetable garden Fioravanti envisioned wouldn’t just be a place for growing produce...

People trained in first aid know the importance of their ABCs when dealing with a medical patient. Airway, breathing and circulation are vital for life. But first aid is not just for physical symptoms, according to trainers educating public safety officials...

Black Dog Ride is partnering with Mental Health First Aid USA to raise awareness and funds for Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training scholarships for military veterans and first responders. Read more.

This editorial appears in the addictions issue of National Council Magazine. By: Becky Vaughn , Vice President of Addictions, National Council of Behavioral Health Strengthening the Specialty Addictions Sector   Addictions providers in the United States face an odd duality: we...