Mental Health First Aid

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’ll 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.

For information on scheduling a Mental Health First Aid training contact Katie Walsh, Director of Mental Health Education, by emailing her at katie@compeerbuffalo.org or 716.883.3331.