Mental Health First Aid 

In observance of Mental Health Month, Aurora Charter Oak presents Mental Health First Aid. Learn how to help a friend, family member, coworker or neighbor in need. Normally offered to the public at $107, this 8-hour course will be free and includes lunch, courtesy of Aetna and Charter Oak.

Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour public education program developed to teach participants how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The course helps participants to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders.

Following the training, participants will receive a certificate from Mental Health First Aid USA.  A limited number of spaces are available, so interested participants are encouraged to reserve their seats as early as possible.

Contents to be covered:

• Mental Health Problems in the USA 
• The Mental Health First Aid Action Plan
• Understanding Depression and Anxiety Disorders
• Helpful and Unhelpful Things to Say
• Warning Signs of Suicide
• Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
• Crisis and Non-Crisis First Aid
• Panic Attacks
• Crisis First Aid for Traumatic Events
• Understanding Disorders and Risk Factors of Psychosis
• Crisis First Aid for Acute Psychosis
• Substance Use Disorders
• Crisis First Aid for Withdrawal
• Crisis First Aid for Overdose

This course is designed for the general public, ages 18 and above.