Adult Mental Health First Aid Training

MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING FOR ADULTS ASSISTING OTHER ADULTS

Mental Health First Aid for Adults is designed to teach employers, employees, police officers, hospital staff, first responders, health and human service workers, adult family members, neighbors, caregivers, and other caring citizens how to help another adult who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. The course teaches participants how to recognize signs of mental health or substance use challenges in other adults, how to offer and provide initial help, and how to guide a person toward appropriate care, if necessary. Topics covered include depression, anxiety, nonsuicidal self-injury, suicide, substance use, trauma-related disorders, disorders in which psychosis may occur, and eating disorders.

Learn more about this evidence-based program on the Mental Health First Aid Website.

Why Adult Mental Health First Aid?

• 1 in 5 adults in the United States lives with a mental illness.*

• 11 years is the average delay between the onset of mental illness symptoms and treatment.**

* Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health ** National Library of Medicine

Locally

• 1,000 or more Indiana residents have been lost to suicide every year since 2016.*

• 31.4% of Bartholomew Co. adults reported having felt sad or depressed for 2 or more weeks in a row in the past year.**

• 9.8% of Bartholomew Co. adults reported having considered suicide in the past year.**

* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ** 2021 Community Health Needs Assessment

PLEASE NOTE:

• 8 professional credit hours can be claimed upon completion of this training, and this training has been approved as 8 face-to-face training hours for Foster Parents licensed through the State of Indiana.
• This training is conducted by a Certified Adult Mental Health First Aid Instructor, and participants who complete the full course will receive a 3-year certification from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.
• Participants must be age 18 or older.
• Lunch will be provided through a generous donation by the African-American Fund.