May 31, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
The DeKalb Prevention Coalition, in partnership with the Tennessee Tech Addiction Prevention & Support Coalition will be hosting a Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Course on Wednesday, June 14 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the DeKalb County Community Center.
The training will be provided at no cost to the participants thanks to a grant from the Tennessee Center for Rural Innovation’s Rural Reimagined Grand Challenge Faculty Grant Program at Tennessee Tech University.
Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-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.
Mental Health First Aid, an evidence-based training designed by the National Council Mental Wellbeing, is a course that teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem or experiencing a crisis.