Mental Health First Aid

This training will take place in-person in Columbia, MD.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an international public awareness curriculum that works to destigmatize conversations around mental health while providing a tangible action plan for participants to address crisis and non-crisis mental health situations – much like CPR/first aid supports physical health situations. MHFA is proven to increase the likelihood of bystander helping behaviors, but also increases the learners own mental health literacy.

MHFA is specifically designed for adults assisting other adults and is a great supplemental training for public service personnel, human resources, behavioral health, coaches, other direct service related positions, and anyone interested in expanding mental health education to the greater Maryland community.

Participants receive a Mental Health First Aid manual and Mental Health First Aid Certification for 3 years upon completion of course requirements.

This is an in-person class that requires:

• Completion of a prework (1-2 hours), post-evaluation, and exam.
• Full attendance during the training day. Participants who miss more than 30-minutes of the instructor led session will not be eligible for a certificate.

This training will fill on a first come first served basis.