Mental Health First Aid Training for Library Staff– Older Adult Focus  is being conducted by the PA Behavorial Health and Aging Coalition.  This is a FREE in-person training, which will be held in Johnstown and Warren.

Mental Health First Aid is a public education program that helps the public identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Mental Health First Aid is offered in the form of an 8 hour course that presents an overview of mental illness and substance use disorders in the U.S. and introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems, builds understanding of their impact, and overviews common treatments. Those who take the 8-hour course learn a 5-step action plan encompassing the skills, resources and knowledge to help an individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-help care.

Target Audience: Older adults, families of older adults, those who work with them and those who care for them, library staff, primary care professionals, employers and business leaders, faith communities, school personnel and educators, state police and corrections officers, nursing home staff, mental health authorities, state policymakers, volunteers, young people, families, and the general public.

Cost: This is a FREE training. A light breakfast and lunch are included.

Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Locations/Dates:
Johnstown, March 15 :  3/15/16 Cambria County Library, Johnstown
Warren: April 12:  4/12/16 Warren Public Library, Warren PA

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00003-C with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System.
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Sent to you by….

Renae Barger

Michelle Burda

Lydia Collins

Kate Flewelling

Ida Joiner

NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region

Health Sciences Library System

University of Pittsburgh

3550 Terrace Street

Pittsburgh, PA  15261

***Funded by the National Library of Medicine under contract #HHS-N-276-2011-00003-C with the University of Pittsburgh.***