Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training course that teaches participants about mental health and substance-use concerns. 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 course is currently offered in-person in the Lola & Rob Salazar Wellness Center, as well as virtually (check the specific date you are registering for to see location). You will be required to complete a 2 hour pre-recorded training prior to the date of the live zoom portion of the training, which is 6 hours long (with a 25-minute lunch break). The appropriate links will be sent to your email at least 1 week prior to the live zoom portion.