While rural residents are facing a growing mental health crisis, an initiative to direct them to the help they need is seeing success across the country. The National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s ...

Last month, Evanston announced the Mental Health First Aid training series, which will be free to all Evanston residents. The program is designed to educate residents on how to recognize and respond ...

When Evanston resident Kate Schwartz saw a woman pacing around and talking to herself at the library, she walked right over to ask her if she would like a listening ear. Just the day before, Schwartz ...

More North Carolina teachers and principals will be trained in recognizing and responding to signs of mental distress in young people. The University of North Carolina System on Wednesday announced it ...

DE PERE, Wis. (WBAY) - Soon you can learn to help someone dealing with a mental health crisis or substance abuse and make a difference in your community. Many of us would know how to help if we saw ...

First aid can be crucial when someone is physically injured, but it can be immensely helpful even for unseen wounds and suffering. So the National Alliance of Mental Illness South Suburbs of Chicago ...

Change takes time. Change is hard. Change is painful. Usually, I would be the first to agree that real change requires a big time investment, and that before you start taking random action, it is ...

PHILADELPHIA (RNS) — Spearheaded by Dr. Atasha Jordan, a Christian psychiatrist, the Christian Mental Health Initiative provides free mental health first aid trainings to churches. PHILADELPHIA (RNS) ...