Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety
Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety provides law officers and staff with more response options to help them de-escalate incidents and better understand mental illnesses so they can respond to mental health-related situations appropriately without compromising safety. Learn more: download the Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety one-pager.
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How Mental Health First Aid in Public Safety is helping Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
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Why Mental Health Matters in Public Safety
1 in 4 fatal law enforcement encounters involves an individual experiencing mental illness.
Approximately 12 police officers complete suicide month.
Approximately 1,000 officers are experiencing PTSD on the job.
How Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety Can Help
Improves the way law enforcement interacts with people facing mental health and addiction challenges.
Models de-escalation techniques useful when responding to people in crisis safely and effectively.
Teaches skills to safely address a comrade’s mental health or substance use challenge.
Increases mental health and substance use literacy.
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What we say and do in response to the signs and symptoms of a mental health or substance use challenge can have a tremendous impact on the perceptions, actions and outcomes of all involved. That’s really true for public safety officers! Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) focuses on identifying and responding to the early signs and symptoms of a challenge. After all, the earlier we […]...
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