What is Mental Health First Aid:
Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, intro to Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health crisis. In the Intro to Mental Health First Aid course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help.
 
Topics Covered: 

• Depression and mood disorders
• Anxiety disorders
• Trauma

• Panic attacks
• Suicidal thoughts or behaviors
• Non-suicidal self-injury
• Reaction to a traumatic event

Instructor Susi Bains

(760) 924-1740

sbains@shinehelp.org