Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
Mental Health First Aid An 8-hour General Public Course Generally 8:00 to 5:30pm "Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack — even if you have no clinical training — Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health related crisis. In the Mental Health First Aid course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help." http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/cs/take-a-course/what-you-learn/ “We welcome The Life Link’s involvement and enthusiasm in the Mental Health First Aid community,” says Linda Rosenberg, MSW, president and CEO of the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, the organization who brought Mental Health First Aid to the United States in 2008. “We know they will have a great impact on the mental health communities throughout New Mexico, and will be key players in improving mental health literacy nationwide.” In its pilot year, the program was introduced in nearly twenty states and more than 40 communities nationwide. The National Council certified The Life Link to provide the Mental Health First Aid program in August 2009 through an instructor certification course in Chicago, IL. The Life Link and all the sites across the nation that replicate this program maintain strict fidelity to the original, proven program. (Updated information as of 1/29/13) The Mental Health First Aid Program is run by Mental Health First Aid TM (MHFA) Australia, a national non-profit health promotion charity focused on training and research. More information about MHFA Australia here: www.mhfa.com.au The program has spread rapidly within Australia and worldwide (more information about International MHFA Programs here: https://www.mhfa.com.au/cms/international) For more information or to participate in a Mental Health First Aid training in Santa Fe or anywhere in New Mexico, call Kathy Kegel at Life Link Training Institute at (505) 395-2519. Goal of MHFA: To become in 10 years as common in training as "physical" First Aid. The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare is a not‐for‐profit, 501(c)(3) association of 1,400 behavioral healthcare organizations that provide treatment and rehabilitation for mental illnesses and addictions disorders to nearly six million adults, children and families in communities across the country. The National Council and its members bear testimony to the fact that medical, social, psychological and rehabilitation services offered in community settings help people with mental illnesses and addiction disorders recover and lead productive lives. Want a Mental Health First Aid course? There's no doubt about it - Life Link Training Institute is the most experienced in the State of New Mexico and we have a National award to prove it. Check us out on Facebook: Life Link Training Institute (Updated information as of 1/29/13) Mental Health First Aid - Australia now revised: "Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) TM Australia, a national non-profit health promotion charity focused on training and research" |
