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September 20, 2015

Bringing mental health out of the darkness

As we find ourselves in National Suicide Prevention Month, it’s hard not to take this loss with a special kind…

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September 20, 2015

NYC trains lay people as mental health screeners

The training session asked workers how they would respond to troubled people — a drug user, an abuse victim or…

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September 19, 2015

Guest column: Cyclists’ message — There is a role for…

The Mental Health First Aid program, which the Black Dog Riders are riding to support, is a way to ensure…

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September 18, 2015

The Badass Way These Australian Bikers Are Bringing Suicide Awareness…

The proceeds raised from this ride will go to Mental Health First Aid USA, providing scholarships for first responders and…

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September 18, 2015

Be Nice is back to school

“Be Nice.” is a mental health awareness, anti-bullying and suicide prevention program that wants schools, workplaces and all of the…

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September 17, 2015

Mental health program pilots a therapeutic vegetable garden

There was possibility in that empty lot, Fioravanti figured: If grass and weeds could grow there, why couldn’t vegetables? And,…

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September 16, 2015

N.H. Responders Get ‘Mental Health First Aid’ Training

People trained in first aid know the importance of their ABCs when dealing with a medical patient. Airway, breathing and…

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September 15, 2015

Black Dog Ride across USA begins

Black Dog Ride is partnering with Mental Health First Aid USA to raise awareness and funds for Mental Health First…

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September 11, 2015

Strengthening the Specialty Addictions Sector

This editorial appears in the addictions issue of National Council Magazine. By: Becky Vaughn , Vice President of Addictions, National Council…

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September 11, 2015

Strengthening the Specialty Addictions Sector

This editorial appears in the addictions issue of National Council Magazine. By: Becky Vaughn , Vice President of Addictions, National Council…

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September 11, 2015

Getting on Their Bikes For Mental Health First Aid

…The goal of the Black Dog Ride is to raise $200,000 to bring Mental Health First Aid to first responders…

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September 10, 2015

Parents, unemployed focus of NYC mental-health experiment

A $30 million, city-sponsored experiment in training non-professionals to provide mental health help will focus on people who work with…

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