Mental Health First Aid

15150 Merry Cat Lane,Belle Haven VA 23306

28 March, 2023

Description

MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDDates and Times: Tuesday, February 21 8am-5pmSaturday, March 18 8am-5pmTuesday, March 28 8am-5pmThursday, March 30 8am-5pmLocation: CSB, Belle Haven Office Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, MHFA helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health problem or crisis. In the MHFA course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help.Sometimes, the best first aid is you.Take the course, save a life, strengthen your community. Most of us would know how to help if we saw someone having a heart attack—we’d start CPR, or at the very least, call 9-1-1. But too few of us would know how to respond if we saw someone having a panic attack or if we were concerned that a friend or co-worker might be showing signs of alcoholism. Mental Health First Aid takes the fear and hesitation out of starting conversations about mental health and substance use problems by improving understanding and providing an action plan that teaches people to safely and responsibly identify and address a potential mental illness or substance use disorder. When more people are equipped with the tools they need to start a dialogue, more people can get the help they need. Mental Health First Aiders are a vital link between someone experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge and appropriate supports. Topics CoveredDepression and mood disordersAnxiety disordersTraumaPsychosisSubstance Use disordersMental Health First Aid teaches about recovery and resiliency – the belief that individuals experiencing these challenges can and do get better, and use their strengths to stay well. Find more information at https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/take-a-course/what-you-learn/