Mental Health First Aid for Faculty

UHS is offering a Mental Health First Aid training for faculty. Mental Health First Aid ® is an 8-hour national certification course that is designed to teach the layperson the skills to recognize the signs of a mental health or substance use disorder crisis, identify community resources, and link individuals in need of treatment and support to the proper resources. An in-person skills based course, Mental Health First Aid ® teaches participants a 5-step action plan that can be used to help those in need.  Any faculty interested, please contact Jackie Mungo at jmungo@umbc.edu.