{"id":4855,"date":"2019-11-25T09:16:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T16:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=4855"},"modified":"2019-11-25T09:16:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T16:16:06","slug":"axis-health-system-mental-health-first-aid-training","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/?tribe_events=axis-health-system-mental-health-first-aid-training","title":{"rendered":"Axis Health System: Mental Health First Aid Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4856\" src=\"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Mental-Health.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"394\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>FREE Mental Health First Aid\u2019 Training in Cortez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>December 7, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Similar to \u2018First Aid\u2019 and CPR, \u2018Mental Health First Aid\u2019 teaches individuals how to help those experiencing mental health challenges or crises<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mental Health First Aid is a course that teaches you how to help someone who may be experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge. The training helps you identify, understand and respond to signs of addictions and mental illnesses. Anyone can take the Mental Health First Aid course: first responders, faith community leaders, coaches, and other caring citizens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><em>Axis Health System is providing this course free of charge. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Saturday, December 7, 2019 8:30am-5pm. RSVP is required: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/MHFAcortez\">https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/MHFAcortez<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Cortez Integrated Healthcare, 691 E Empire, Cortez, CO 81321<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO:&nbsp; <\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Axis Health System trainers, Chris Ziegler and Gary Meisner<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Mental health challenges \u2013 such as depression, anxiety, psychosis and substance use \u2013 are shockingly common in the United States.&nbsp; In fact, more than one in five American adults will have a mental health problem in any given year.&nbsp; The National Council for Behavioral Health certifies individuals throughout the nation, including Axis Health System staff, to provide Mental Health First Aid courses to prepare their communities with the knowledge and skills to help individuals who are developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.&nbsp; Identified on SAMHSA\u2019s National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices, the training helps the public better identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses.&nbsp; For more information on Mental Health First Aid, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/\">www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact Haley Leonard Saunders\/Director of Public Relations\/Axis Health System at 314.368.2723\/ <a href=\"mailto:hleonard@axishealthsystem.org\">hleonard@axishealthsystem.org<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FREE Mental Health First Aid\u2019 Training in Cortez December 7, 2019 &nbsp; Similar to \u2018First Aid\u2019 and CPR, \u2018Mental Health First Aid\u2019 teaches individuals how to help those experiencing mental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[13],"class_list":["post-4855","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-training","cat_training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/4855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/4855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4857,"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/4855\/revisions\/4857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4855"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onwardfoundation.org\/Site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftribe_events_cat&post=4855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}