Mental Health First Aid
Upcoming Training Sessions
DATE | Tuesday, November 7
TIME | 8:30am - 5pm
COST | $50 per person
- Lunch included!
Training Location
- Mt. Pleasant Campus
- Morey Technical Education Center Room 108
Why Mental Health First Aid?
Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.
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On average, 132 people die by suicide each day.
– American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
From 1999 to 2021, 645,000 people died from a drug overdose.
– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. adults lives with a Mental Illness.
– National Institute of Mental Health via the National Survey on Drug Use and Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
15.35% of adults reported having a substance use disorder in the past year.
- Mental Health America
93.5% of those reporting having a substance use disorder did not receive any form of treatment.
- Mental Health America
Who Should Take it
What it Covers
The course will teach you how to apply the ALGEE action plan
harm
information
professional help
other support strategies
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