Mental Health First Aid for Older Adults Minneapolis

Courses and Workshops

Mental Health First Aid for Older Adults

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Mental Health First Aid for Older Adults near Minneapolis will equip participants with tools to provide high-quality care to older adults who may be experiencing a mental health crisis or who may be experiencing new or worsening mental health symptoms.

Participants will learn:

The prevalence of mental health problems in older adults and the importance of early intervention
Unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adults over the age of 65
Interventions to provide initial help
How to connect older adults to professional, peer, social and self-help care

www.MentalHealthFirstAid.org

Mental Health First Aid USA is an 8-hour training to teach participants how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The evidence behind the program demonstrates that it helps trainees identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.

Mental Health First Aid is included on SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP).

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. This interactive training course utilizes a variety of different activities and modes of learning, including:

Role playing
Scenarios
Discussion
Video
Simulation

Course Information

Course materials, refreshments and lunch are included in the course fee
Pre-registration is required, register early! Class size is limited
Video/audio taping of courses is prohibited

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be made at least 24 hours before the course begins. The full course fee will be charged if cancellation is made less than 24 hours in advance. Registrations are transferrable to other students.

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