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Mental Health First Aid Date: April 6, 2009
Lots of people know what to do when someone is bleeding, has a broken bone, or isn�t breathing. But how many can properly respond�or even recognize�when someone is mentally ill? That�s the focus of a new kind of training program taking hold here in Kansas. Health Reporter Bryan Thompson has more as part of our series, �Kansas Health: A Prescription for Change�.

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Related Links:
Mental Health First Aid homepage
Mental Health First Aid - Australia
MHFA - History and Background
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
MHFA at Bert Nash
COMCARE of Sedgwick County
High Plains Mental Health Center
Douglas County Red Cross
PubMed-MHFA review studies
MHFA training in a rural area
MHFA training in a workplace setting
applying skills learned in MHFA
MHFA: effects on knowledge, attitudes and helping behavior