Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid

Volusia & Flagler Counties

A 12-hour certification course to help communities better understand

mental illness and respond to mental health crisis

Did you know?

You are more likely to encounter a person in an emotional or mental crisis than someone having a heart attack. Mental disorders are more common than heart disease & cancer combined.

What You Learn

First Aid Strategies

Evidence & Outcomes

Welcome to Mental Health First Aid

Volusia & Flagler Counties

Mental Health First Aid is a groundbreaking public education program that helps the public identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Mental Health First Aid USA is managed, operated, and disseminated by three national authorities — the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

Mental Health First Aid is offered in the form of an interactive 12-hour course that presents an overview of mental illness and substance use disorders in the U.S. and introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems, builds understanding of their impact, and overviews common treatments. Those who take the 12-hour course to certify as Mental Health First Aiders learn a 5-step action plan encompassing the skills, resources and knowledge to help an individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-help care.

The 12-hour Mental Health First Aid USA course has benefited a variety of audiences and key professions, including: primary care professionals, employers and business leaders, faith communities, school personnel and educators, state police and corrections officers, nursing home staff, mental health authorities, state policymakers, volunteers, young people, families and the general public. See how you can get involved — find a 12-hour Mental Health First Aid course near you.

U.S.A

Mental Health First Aid Australia

updated 5\17\12

For more information or to participate in a Mental Health First Aid training in Volusia and Flagler Counties,

visit www.mentalhealthfirstaid.smabehavioral.org,

email Sini Summerlin at mhfa.volusiaflagler@hotmail.com or call(386) 589-3062.

Requests for accommodations, as required under the ADA can be made a minimum of seven days in advance.

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