Learn first aid for mental health crises with Rapp at Home at Rapp CE

We all know how CPR helps someone having a heart attack. There is also First Aid to help someone having a mental health or substanceabuse crisis, experiences that 50% of us will have at some time in our lives.

To learn more on how to cope with adult mental health challenges, you can take an eight-hour course o ered in the next two months that prepares you to be there for a friend, family member, client or colleague who is struggling with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts or behaviors, alcohol or drug overdose or reaction to a traumatic event.

Rapp at Home and the Mental Health Association are partnering to bring Mental Health First Aid classes to our county on April 26 and 28 and May 14 for paid caregivers, family caregivers, rst responders, Department of Social Services sta members and interested community members.

In this highly interactive course, you will learn risk factors, warning signs and basic interventions for someone experiencing a mental health crisis.

The classes will be held at the Rappahannock Center for Education, 12018 Lee Hwy. in Sperryville. For more information or questions contact: Bridget Downey at mhafc1@gmail.com or 540-341-8732