Mental Health First Aid @ Seward Community Library

239 6th Avenue,Seward AK 99664

11 May, 2021

Description

It's like CPR for the mind - Learn how to assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. In the Mental Health First Aid 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. Topics Covered Depression 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. Learn more about the content of this course here.