Mental Health First Aid for healthcare workers

Mental Health First Aid

for Healthcare Workers

April 12th, 2023

8:00 am-5:00 pm

This session will focus on the unique needs of healthcare workers.

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What is Mental Health First Aid?

Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.

Who Should Take it

• Employers

• Police officers

• Hospital staff

• First responders

• Faith leaders

• Community members

• Caring individuals

What it Covers

• Common signs and symptoms of mental illness

• Common signs and symptoms of substance use

• How to interact with a person in crisis

• How to connect the person with help

• NEW: Expanded content on trauma, addiction and self-care

For questions or more information contact Theresa at 760.731.9187 or tgeracitano@fallbrookhealth.org

Presented by Mental Health America of San Diego.

For more information call 760-731-9187

Website Accessibility Policy

Fallbrook Regional Health District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Fallbrook Regional Health District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (760) 731-9187

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Fallbrook Regional Health District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Fallbrook Regional Health District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (760) 731-9187.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

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