Mental Health First Aid for Adults is designed to teach employers, employees, police officers, hospital staff, first responders, health and human service workers, adult family members, neighbors, caregivers, and other caring citizens how to help another adult who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. The course teaches participants how to recognize signs of mental health or substance use challenges in other adults, how to offer and provide initial help, and how to guide a person toward appropriate care, if necessary. Topics covered include depression, anxiety, nonsuicidal self-injury, suicide, substance use, trauma-related disorders, disorders in which psychosis may occur, and eating disorders.

Learn more about this evidence-based program on the Mental Health First Aid Website.

Why Adult Mental Health First Aid?

• 1 in 5 adults in the United States lives with a mental illness.*

• 11 years is the average delay between the onset of mental illness symptoms and treatment.**

* Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health ** National Library of Medicine

Locally

• 1,000 or more Indiana residents have been lost to suicide every year since 2016.*

• 33.6% of Bartholomew Co. adults reported having had two or more weeks when they felt sad or depressed on most days.**

• 10.1% of Bartholomew Co. adults reported having a time in the past year when they thought about taking their own lives.**

* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ** 2024 Community Health Needs Assessment

While this course is valued at $170, for a limited time, Youth Mental Health First Aid Training is being offered at no cost for those who work/volunteer/live in Bartholomew County, and out-of-county residents/workers will be charged a reduced fee of $23.95.

This course requires a self-paced (approx. 2-hr), interactive online course that must be completed PRIOR to your in-person, instructor-led training.  All information and link to this online course will be sent via email from MHFA Connect at least two weeks prior to your instructor-led session.

8 professional credit hours can be claimed upon completion of this training, and this training has been approved as 8 face-to-face training hours for Foster Parents licensed through the State of Indiana.

Participants must be age 18 or older.

In order for the certification to be valid, at least 5 people must be present for the training. If the limit is not reached by the time registration closes, CYD will contact you to reschedule.

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