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About 300 people gathered to hear from Scott, along with representatives from the other programs included in the initiative: Youth Move National (a peer-based support group), MyStrength (tailored online mental health resources) and Youth Mental Health First Aid (a public...

She also talked about the mental health first aid that CMHC offers, noting more and more people are taking advantage of the training. Hickman said a “real positive shift” for Centennial over the past year has been the addition of...

The San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) is working to remove the barriers that prevent people from seeking help for mental health concerns through its Prevention and Early Intervention programs. 08/18/2015 Link to Source

Clete Winkelmann said they have applied for a federal grant of nearly $400,000 that would boost the community’s awareness of mental health issues and provide mental health first aid training, not only to medical and social service professionals, but adults...

Many people have taken a CPR or a first-aid course, but not all that many have had a chance to put those lifesaving skills to use. Most people will never encounter a stranger having a heart attack in the grocery...

Mental health advocates are hanging on to their hats as winds of change start to blow. The topics of mental health and suicide prevention have come into the spotlight for our schools and youth. 08/10/2015 Link to Source

McLean High School magazine journalist David Kagan didn’t know the power of depression when he started to research his article “A Generation in Pain” for McLean High School’s Highlander magazine. 08/08/2015 Link to Source

When we notice our child or someone we coach or teach or even a neighborhood youth beginning to have difficulty coping with ordinary life, displaying changes in mood or personality, changing sleeping and/or eating habits and withdrawing socially, what do...

One-third of the city’s roughly 275 police officers have taken an in-depth, 40-hour course and all Rockford officers take an eight-hour mental health first-aid course. Every day, police officers take people in psychiatric crisis to Rosecrance’s Mulberry Center. 08/05/2015 Link...

Mental health, substance abuse and access to healthcare services are the main concerns of people on the South Shore, according to Barton Health’s 2015 Community Health Needs Assessment. 08/04/2015 Link to Source

We’re seeing new resources in the workplace when it comes to First Aid. Next to the metal box with a red cross are defibrillators to treat heart attacks and workplace classes to instruct employees on how to use the devices...

For some students, life gets in the way of academic success. School social workers are charged with reducing or removing non-academic barriers to academic success. As families prepare for the start of a new school year, Reaching Heights—a nonprofit that...