Description: Understanding mental health can be difficult. Learning how to support someone who might be in a mental health crisis can be even more challenging. The goal of this session is to increase mental health literacy while providing tools and skills to respond effectively in a caring and respectful way.

Participants will:

• Learn to better understand mental health and mental illness
• Understand structural and social stigma as barriers to seeking help
• Learn how to respond when concerned about a family member, friend or colleague

Audience: Staff and faculty, particularly those in front-facing or first-responder roles.

Time: 1.5 Hours (2 x 45-minute recorded sessions)

Keywords: VRPTGY, ONCS, VRRNSE, OE, WG, WELLBEING