Mental Health First Aid is a training course designed to improve understanding of mental health matters among:
Mental Health First Aid is a public education
program that helps the public identify, understand, and respond to signs of
mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Mental Health First Aid is offered
in the form of an interactive 12-hour course that presents an overview of mental
illness and substance use disorders and introduces participants to risk factors
and warning signs of mental health problems, builds understanding of their
impact, and overviews common treatments.
Those who take the 12-hour course to certify as Mental Health First Aiders learn
a five-step action plan encompassing the skills, resources and knowledge to help
an individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional, peer, social, and
self-help care. The 12-hour Mental Health First Aid has benefited a variety of
audiences and key professions, including hospitals, employers and business
leaders, faith communities, school personnel, state policymakers, families and
the general public.
Attendance both days is required to receive Mental
Health First Aid certification. Space is limited to 50 participants.
Registration is $85 and covers the required participant manual. Lunch is not
included. To register or for more information please contact Tom Pletcher at
660-7627 or tpletche@sedgwick.gov.
Marilyn Cook
Executive Director
Address
635 N. Main
Wichita, KS 67203
p. 316.660.7600
TTY: 1.800.766.3777
All persons served regardless of ability to pay.
Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and self-pay based on a sliding scale accepted as forms of payment for services rendered.