REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. TODAY’S THE LAST DAY OF NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH, BUT LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY RAISING AWARENESS AND BATTLING THE STIGMA IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD CONTINUE ALL ...

Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training course that teaches participants about mental health and substance-use issues. Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, ...

You’ve heard of physical first aid, like CPR or the Heimlich Maneuver…but what about mental health first aid? Jeff Richardson, the CEO of Integral Care, spoke with Studio 512 about the importance of ...

A North Carolina program that provides “mental health first aid” training is expanding to 10th through 12th graders this year. For years, the state Department of Health and Human Services has provided ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- We're all familiar with traditional, basic first aid, like bandaging small cuts, using ice to reduce bruising, and keeping wounds clean. But most of us are not trained in mental ...

Long-term goal is to make mental health first aid as universally recognized as CPR Courses focus on adults and youth Nearly 1 in 5 Americans live with a mental illness CPR? Say it, and people know ...

Last month, Evanston announced the Mental Health First Aid training series, which will be free to all Evanston residents. The program is designed to educate residents on how to recognize and respond ...

Change takes time. Change is hard. Change is painful. Usually, I would be the first to agree that real change requires a big time investment, and that before you start taking random action, it is ...

When Evanston resident Kate Schwartz saw a woman pacing around and talking to herself at the library, she walked right over to ask her if she would like a listening ear. Just the day before, Schwartz ...

When someone has a heart attack or stops breathing, a bystander often rushes over and performs CPR, keeping the person alive until trained medics arrive. King County offers training that aims to make ...

Using generative AI for emotional CPR (eCPR) and Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is here and now, so get used to it and get onboard. In today’s column, I am continuing my ongoing series about the ...

More North Carolina teachers and principals will be trained in recognizing and responding to signs of mental distress in young people. The University of North Carolina System on Wednesday announced it ...