Mental Health First Aid is a training for adults 18+ to be able to recognize and help another person who may be experiencing a mental health or addiction challenge or is in crisis. The course introduces common mental health challenges and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help people in both crisis and non-crisis situations.

This course covers:

• Common signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges
• How to interact with a person in crisis
• How to connect a person with help
• Expanded content on trauma, substance use and self-care

The total course content takes about 8 hours and is broken down into 3 categories (participants must complete all of these to be certified):

Pre-work

• This takes place on the MHFA Connect platform and it is estimated to take 2 hours. It is self-paced, so you can start and stop as needed.
• This covers a lot of background information and introduces you to the course content.

Instructor Led Sessions

• The instructor led sessions for this course are taking place at Chelsea Hospital over 2 dates, May 20th & May 21st. Learners must attend both of these instructor-led sessions!
• These sessions allow you to meet the others in your course and is where we cover the bulk of the course content.

Post-work

• This consists of the post-test, so we can measure your learning and is how you gain access to your certificate.
• This typically takes 30 minutes.

Materials will be provided for this course, including a manual and participant processing guide.

Registration is required and closes May 13th.  To Register email sarah.wilczynski@trinity-health.org