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Mental Health First Aid - Linden Oaks, Naperville (Mill Street)
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Linden Oaks - Mill Street
1335 N. Mill Street Naperville, IL 60563Description
Mental Health First Aid is a public education program that introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental illnesses, builds understanding of their impact, and overviews common supports. This 8-hour course uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to offer initial help in a mental health crisis and connect persons to the appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-help care. The program also teaches the common risk factors and warning signs of specific types of illnesses, like anxiety, depression, substance use, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and schizophrenia. Mental Health First Aid is included on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).
Thursday, June 16, 2016
8:00am - 5:00pm
Linden Oaks (Naperville)
1335 N. Mill Street
Naperville, IL 60563
► Course fee (cash or check/made payable to Linden Oaks)*: $40 payable on date of event
► CEU's available (CNE/CE, CPDU, LCSW, IAODAPCA, LMFT, LCPC, Psychologist)