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“So many people are out there wishing for something better, hoping that help will show up. That’s what mental health first aid is - it is help to get people connected to care and ultimately to get them to a better place.””
Anyone, anywhere, can be the one to make a difference in the life of someone with a mental health or substance use challenge—if they know what to do and what to say.
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 will 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.
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Find more information on the mental health first aid campaign here.
Psychologist Guy Winch discusses the need for emotional first aid.