Mental Health First Aid

DAYTON—Learn about the risk factors, warning signs and strategies to help people who experience crisis or non-crisis issues with substance use, or other mental health problems at a free all-day training course, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The course will be taught by Jennifer Verhey, Eastern Washington Area Health Education Center, on Thursday, March 19, in the Delany Building at the Dayton Memorial Library located at 111 S 3rd St, Dayton, WA, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Courses are also being offered in Pomeroy at the Christian Church, located at 310 8th St, Pomeroy, WA from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Feb. 11, and in Clarkston at the Tri-State Memorial Hospital, Administration Conference Room, 1221 Highland Ave, Clarkston, WA on March 3, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

This is a certified course from Adult Mental Health First Aid USA. Participants that complete the entire eight-hour course will receive a certificate of completion.

Registration is online at: ewu.edu/MHFA

For more information contact Chelsey Eaton at the Columbia County Public Health Department at (509) 382-2181 or by email at: chelsey_eaton@co.columbia.wa.us.