MHFA is an 8-hour training is a national public education program that introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental illnesses and substance use, builds understanding of their impact, and overviews common supports. This course demonstrates how to offer initial help in a mental health crisis and connect persons to the appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-help care. The program also teaches the common risk factors and warning signs of specific types of illnesses like anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.
The training is both educational and experiential and includes:
An overview of statistics regarding mental health and suicideMyths versus factsBehavioral, verbal, and situational warning signsConcrete tools for helping someone in distressREGISTRATION REQUIRED. Each session has a maximum of 30 participants and a minimum of 5.To register for these sessions, please log in to the Learning & Development portal.
*** Participants must complete 2 hours of pre-work and attend the full 6 hours of the instructor led training to earn their certificate.
For questions about Mental Health First Aid Training, please contact suicideprevention@charlotte.edu.
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