Adult Mental Health First Aid
Friday, December 9, 2022 * 8:00 - 5:00 pm
(7:30 - 8:00 am: check-in & continental breakfast)
Brook Lane Community Room
13121 Brook Lane, Hagerstown, MD
Fee is $10 attend with COMPLETED REGISTRATION
This community education event is sponsored and funded by Brook Lane
The Adult Mental Health First Aid course is an 8-hour program appropriate for anyone 18 years and older who wants to learn how to help a person who may be experiencing a mental health related crisis or problem. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis, and addictions. The adult course teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help an individual in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Mental Health First Aid uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis, select interventions and provide initial help; and connect people to professional, peer, social, and self-help care.
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE? This course is appropriate for anyone 18 or older, who would like to learn how to provide initial assistance to a person who may be experiencing symptoms of a mental health concern or may be in a crisis.
For Questions: Call Curt Miller at 301-733-0331 x1228
Brook Lane offers Youth Mental Health First Aid training and Adult/Core Mental Health First Aid training on a quarterly basis. Please visit www.brooklane.org "Upcoming Events" for additional training dates.