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Nearly 350,000 people have been trained in Mental Health First Aid in America. Since 2014, Congress has funded an annual appropriation of $15 million for such training around the country. The National Council has long supported the continuation of the...

Just days after First Lady Michelle Obama called on the nation to “flip the script” on mental health, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the Mental Health First Aid Act of 2015. This legislation would provide funding to train Americans...

Just days after First Lady Michelle Obama called on the nation to “flip the script” on mental health, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the Mental Health First Aid Act of 2015. This legislation would provide funding to train Americans...

The Helpline Center’s suicide and crisis support division will offer free Mental Health First Aid training this spring 03/12/2015 Link to Source

Change ‘I’ to ‘we’ and you go from illness to wellness. More than 80 mental health clinicians, medical providers, law enforcement, social service groups, and the school district staff attended the mental health forum on March 5. Attendees discussed local mental...

Suicide has no season, for those who have to struggle everyday with depression, and the songs of Springtime approaching bring with the sound of hope this year. Yesterday, Mar 11, SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., unveiled Suicide Safe at...

Many of those in Philhaven’s inaugural Mental Health First Aid Training class had already seen mental illness. But they hadn’t experienced it themselves, so trainer Brent Swope guided them through an auditory hallucination exercise in which they attempted to hold conversations...

LaPorte County Drug Free Partnership is initiating the Youth Mental Health First Aid program to train members of the public to improve mental health literacy – helping them identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. 03/10/2015 Link to...

Mental health services will also be reviewed by fall 2015 in partnership with the department of Health and Social Services, including the availability of counselling and psychological support. As well, the department has promised to make Mental Health First Aid...

The goal we set two years ago of “erasing the stigma” when it comes to mental illness wasn’t just aspirational, it was downright audacious. But aim high, right? 03/07/2015 Link to Source

The World Health Organization identifies mental illness as the most disabling health condition in the world above cancer and heart disease. Data reported by the National Alliance on Mental Illness indicates that one in four adults (approximately 61.5 million Americans) experiences...

First Lady Michelle Obama yesterday called on the nation to “flip the script” on mental health by breaking through the silence and stigma surrounding these conditions. Obama gave a ringing endorsement to Mental Health First Aid as a key tool...