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Mental Health First Aid

March 13, 2015

Mental Health First Aid bill back on the table

Nearly 350,000 people have been trained in Mental Health First Aid in America. Since 2014, Congress has funded an annual…

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March 12, 2015

Mental Health First Aid Act Introduced in the Senate

Just days after First Lady Michelle Obama called on the nation to “flip the script” on mental health, a bipartisan…

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March 12, 2015

Helpline Center offers mental health training in spring

The Helpline Center’s suicide and crisis support division will offer free Mental Health First Aid training this spring 03/12/2015 Link…

Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, Mental Illness, News
March 12, 2015

S. Tahoe works on solutions for mental health

Change ‘I’ to ‘we’ and you go from illness to wellness. More than 80 mental health clinicians, medical providers, law enforcement,…

Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, Mental Illness, News
March 11, 2015

First Aid For The Mind – New Philhaven Class Aims…

Many of those in Philhaven’s inaugural Mental Health First Aid Training class had already seen mental illness. But they hadn’t experienced…

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March 10, 2015

The LaPorte County Drug Free Partnership Introduces Youth Mental Health…

LaPorte County Drug Free Partnership is initiating the Youth Mental Health First Aid program to train members of the public…

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March 9, 2015

Audit finds gaps in rehabilitation, safety at NWT prisons

Mental health services will also be reviewed by fall 2015 in partnership with the department of Health and Social Services,…

Law Enforcement, Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, Mental Illness, News
March 7, 2015

Editorial: Mental health first-aid kit is stigma buster

The goal we set two years ago of “erasing the stigma” when it comes to mental illness wasn’t just aspirational,…

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March 7, 2015

Transform the way we think about mental health

The World Health Organization identifies mental illness as the most disabling health condition in the world above cancer and heart…

Advocacy, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, mental health legislation, Mental Health Stigma...
March 5, 2015

First Lady Highlights Mental Health First Aid as Key to…

First Lady Michelle Obama yesterday called on the nation to “flip the script” on mental health by breaking through the…

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March 5, 2015

Free mental health first aid classes: Gain the skills and…

Depression. Anxiety. Substance abuse. These are but a few of the mental health challenges people in Colorado struggle with every…

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March 5, 2015

Police stepping up mental health training

The officer was able to de-escalate the situation and call in a juvenile detective, who had much greater knowledge of…

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