Mental Health First Aid
Certification Training
Mental Health First Aid takes the fear and hesitation out of starting conversations about mental health and substance use problems by improving, understanding, and providing an action plan that teaches people to safely and responsibly identify and address a potential mental illness or substance use disorder.
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Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid Certification Training helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. You will 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.
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Each of these certification sessions covers the common signs and symptoms of mental health challenges, common signs and symptoms of substance use challenges; how to interact with a person in crisis; how to connect a person with help, and expanded content on trauma, substance use, and self-care. *All DCBC events and trainings are available to the public as well as our member churches and congregations.*
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If your congregation or organization would like to partner with DCBC to bring mental health trainings to your church or community, please email us. These trainings are offered in-person and virtually and are available to the public as well as our member churches and congregations. We will help you identify which option is best for your congregation/organization.