Author: janice winebrenner
Upcoming Mental Health First Aid® Course
Registration is open for our Saturday, November 18, 2017 Adult Mental Health First Aid® 8-hr Course! Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour national certification course that teaches someone the skills to recognize the signs of a mental health or substance use disorder crisis, identify community resources and link the person in need of treatment and support to the proper resources. Join the other 20,000 Marylanders who have been trained.
Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the initial help given to someone developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis before appropriate professional or other assistance, including peer and family support, can be engaged. Developed in Australia, Maryland is one of the first states to adopt this program in the United States.
Youth Mental Health First Aid
This training is designed to teach adults methods of assisting a young person who may be in the early stages of developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis.
Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the initial help given to someone developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis before appropriate professional or other assistance, including peer and family support, can be engaged. Developed in Australia, Maryland was one of the first states in the United States to adopt this program.