RETAIN:
Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training that teaches people how to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of a mental health or substance use challenge in adults ages 18 and over.
What is a Mental Health First Aider?
A person who has successfully completed a Mental Health First Aid training. First Aiders have empathy for people living with mental illness and substance use challenges. Their increased mental health literacy enables them to identify risk factors and warning signs for mental health substance use challenges, confidence to provide strategies to help someone in crisis and non-crisis situations and knowledge of where to turn for help.
Mental Health First Aid Helps People:
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Reduce stigma around mental illness and substance use
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Gives people an action plan to identify and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges, including suicide
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Increase mental health literacy
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Gain confidence to provide strategies to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations and knowledge of where to turn for help
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Offer a safe place for participants to discuss their experiences
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Assess suicide risk and take action by connecting someone to the appropriate care
RESOURCES:
CONTACT:
Yvette Payton
Manager of Retention & Technology
706-507-0894 ext. 4