January 9 & 10, 2017 | 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM each night
Centerstone | 2615 Edwards Street, Alton
$35
Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training to teach participants how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.
The innovative program equips people to provide initial help until appropriate professional, peer, or family support can be engaged. Mental 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.
Who should attend? Teachers, university professors, HR professionals, church leaders, social service providers, nurses, office managers, police and first responders, families affected by mental illness, anyone interested in helping others.
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 disorders
Anxiety disorders
Trauma
Psychosis
Substance Use disorders
Interventions Learned
When you take a course, you learn how to apply the Mental Health First Aid action plan in a variety of situations, including when someone is experiencing:
Panic attacks
Suicidal thoughts or behaviors
Nonsuicidal self-injury
Acute psychosis (e.g., hallucinations or delusions)
Overdose or withdrawal from alcohol or drug use
Reaction to a traumatic event
The opportunity to practice — through role plays, scenarios, and activities — makes it easier to apply these skills in a real-life situation.
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