Skip to main menu Skip to content

Youth Mental Health First Aid

September 17, 2019

Meeting Children and Youth’s Behavioral Health Needs Where They Are…

Summer is over and a new school year is kicking off. New school supplies, reconnecting with classmates and an opportunity…

Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, News, school, teens, Treatment...
October 28, 2015

Wauwatosa school program aims to eliminate mental illness stigma

When a high school athlete breaks his arm, he walks down the hallways with a cast and “everybody says it’s…

Mental Health Stigma, News, Youth Mental Health, Youth Mental Health First Aid
October 3, 2015

Rice County schools prepared to handle students’ mental health issues

The first full week of October marks the 25th annual Mental Illness Awareness week, and schools in Rice County are…

News, Youth Mental Health, Youth Mental Health First Aid
September 2, 2015

School district adds positions to address mental health

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is one of three school districts in Alaska that have added positions at alternative…

News, Youth Mental Health, Youth Mental Health First Aid
August 27, 2015

Columbine story fuels mental health program

About 300 people gathered to hear from Scott, along with representatives from the other programs included in the initiative: Youth…

Mental Health, Mental Illness, News, School Safety, Youth Mental Health, Youth Mental Health First Aid
August 8, 2015

McLean: ‘A Generation in Pain’

McLean High School magazine journalist David Kagan didn’t know the power of depression when he started to research his article…

Depression, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Stigma, News, Youth Mental Health, Youth Mental Health First Aid
August 6, 2015

Responders for youth mental health

When we notice our child or someone we coach or teach or even a neighborhood youth beginning to have difficulty…

Children and Youth, News, Stigma, Youth Mental Health, Youth Mental Health First Aid
July 31, 2015

Require training for school police, educators will help students cope

Some students show up for school with more than just school supplies. Some struggle with mental illness, suicidal tendencies and…

Law Enforcement, News, Suicide Prevention, Youth Mental Health, Youth Mental Health First Aid
July 31, 2015

School social workers help students and parents

For some students, life gets in the way of academic success. School social workers are charged with reducing or removing…

News, Youth Mental Health, Youth Mental Health First Aid
July 19, 2015

Madison School District Receives $4 Million Mental Health Grant

Madison School District has learned they’ve been awarded a four year, $4 million dollar mental health expansion grant. 07/19/2015 Link…

Children and Youth, Mental Health, News, Youth Mental Health, Youth Mental Health First Aid
May 28, 2015

LETTER TO EDITOR: May is Mental Health Month

May is Mental Health Month; a time designated to learn more about the importance of our mental health and its effect…

Mental Health, Mental Health First Aid, News, Youth Mental Health, Youth Mental Health First Aid
May 21, 2015

Central offers mental health first aid training

“If we want our young people to be successful, we can’t just focus on academics. We have to focus on…

Mental Illness, News, Youth Mental Health, Youth Mental Health First Aid