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Mental Health First Aid – Join the Movement

Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. This 8-hour training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.

• As of 2018, there are more than 1 million people trained in Mental Health First Aid in the U.S. by a network of more than 12,000 Instructors.
• Mental Health First Aid has strong evidence backing it. Three quantitative and one qualitative studies have shown that the program: 1) improves people’s mental health, 2) increases understanding of mental health issues and treatments, 3) connects more people with care and 4) reduces stigma.
• People who enroll in local Mental Health First Aid courses learn a 5-step action plan to help loved ones, colleagues, neighbors and others cope with mental health or substance use problems.
• Similar to traditional First Aid and CPR, Mental Health First Aid is help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a crisis until professional treatment is obtained or the crisis resolves.
• Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based public education and prevention tool – it improves the public’s knowledge of mental health and substance use problems and connects people with care for their mental health or substance use problems.

Kendall County Health Department is proud to offer Mental Health First Aid training and certification in both a virtual and in-person format. We are able to offer this training in different community venues and community groups (i.e. Senior Providers, Veteran Providers, First Responders, School Personnel, etc). Please contact us at (630)553-9100 to discuss upcoming training options or opportunities.