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Would you know what to do if your son or daughter was experiencing depression and/or exhibiting signs of self-injury?  Would you be able to help a co-worker presenting evidence of PTSD?  What would you say to a person you know...

The challenge, then and now, was, how law enforcement and the justice system should deal with getting those people the help they need. 03/17/2015 Link to Source

The company that manages mental health services for Idaho Medicaid patients is resuming a series of mental health trainings around the state. Optum has been doing what it calls mental health first aid classes for about a year. After taking...

A man collapses on a busy downtown street. Other pedestrians rush to his aid. Someone might even stop his or her car and sprint across the street to help. A passer-by will assess immediate needs – does he need CPR?...

“We are thrilled to bring Youth Mental Health First Aid to our community,” said Joseph Bunch, Co-coordinator of the Strategic Prevention Framework grant under the Drug Free Partnership. “This important educational effort goes a lot further than emergency intervention. It...

Although the Wichita Police Department is moving toward training more officers for those calls, the agency now falls below a national recommendation on the percentage of officers trained — which is a concern for a Wichita attorney. 03/14/2015 Link to...

Nearly 350,000 people have been trained in Mental Health First Aid in America. Since 2014, Congress has funded an annual appropriation of $15 million for such training around the country. The National Council has long supported the continuation of the...

Just days after First Lady Michelle Obama called on the nation to “flip the script” on mental health, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the Mental Health First Aid Act of 2015. This legislation would provide funding to train Americans...

Just days after First Lady Michelle Obama called on the nation to “flip the script” on mental health, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the Mental Health First Aid Act of 2015. This legislation would provide funding to train Americans...

The Helpline Center’s suicide and crisis support division will offer free Mental Health First Aid training this spring 03/12/2015 Link to Source

Change ‘I’ to ‘we’ and you go from illness to wellness. More than 80 mental health clinicians, medical providers, law enforcement, social service groups, and the school district staff attended the mental health forum on March 5. Attendees discussed local mental...

Suicide has no season, for those who have to struggle everyday with depression, and the songs of Springtime approaching bring with the sound of hope this year. Yesterday, Mar 11, SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., unveiled Suicide Safe at...