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The clean up after a storm like Sandy is a long-term effort. It’s relatively easy for those of us that don’t live in the immediate or surrounding areas to put a storm’s devastation in the back of our heads once...

A group of 21 high school students recently attended the 2014 Mini-Medical School, organized by the Wake Area Health Education Center in partnership with Vance-Granville Community College.  Link to Source

The chart below identifies the total number of people trained in Mental Health First Aid in each state (plus the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico) as of July 2014. Alabama 1,209 Alaska 1,778 Arizona 7,355 Arkansas 1,294 California...

Recently, the Somerset Hills YMCA proudly accepted the NJ State Governor’s Jefferson Award for Building Community. Link to Source

Aggression. Anger. Mood swings. Lee Crosby’s son showed the symptoms, but with virtually nowhere to turn for advice, she wrote it off as sibling rivalry between her son and his older twin sisters. Full Text  

WASHINGTON — The mental health first-aid program was first researched and launched in Australia, and has been in the U.S. for the last four to five years — and the classes are even available in the D.C. area. Link to...

The Butte school board gave curriculum director Jim O’Neill the nod Monday to apply for a five-year, $1.2 million grant that would help increase awareness of mental health issues. Full Text

Teachers know that if one of their kids gets a cut or a scrape, to reach for the bandages. But what if a kid has a panic attack; can’t pay attention in class; or even seems depressed? Link to Source

Albuquerque’s mayor and other city staff members took eight hours Saturday to learn how to identify and help deal with people going through mental health crises, part of an effort to dissolve the stigma around mental illness, and ease the...

Nine grants have been approved by The Blue Foundation of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Board of Directors, providing $73,142 in funding to regional nonprofit programs that will serve more than 2,000 individuals. Link to Source

Mental Health First Aid can help improve law enforcement officers’ responses to individuals in behavioral health crises and make communities healthier, said a panel of speakers at two Wednesday briefings on Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety. The briefings...

When Amber Cavarlez was in high school and her mother died of colon cancer, she and her Filipino Catholic family went to church and lit candles every day. But, she says, “After she passed, nothing was said about it. No...