Older Adult Mental Health First Aid

Older adults have high rates of late-onset mental health challenges, like anxiety and depression, and low rates of identification and treatment. Mental Health First Aid is a course that teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use. This course will give you the confidence to have the conversations that will allow older adults to live as comfortably as possible.

This presentation will be led by Emily Dreher. Emily Dreher is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Linehan Board Certified DBT Clinician with clinical experience providing outpatient therapy and in home crisis counseling. Her specialties include working with individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder using Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Prolonged Exposure. Emily is also an Adjunct Lecturer in the Applied Health Behavior Research graduate program at Washington University.

Please click "buy a ticket" to reserve your spot. A few weeks before the training, you will be emailed information about your next steps.

If you have any questions, please contact SWxsdW1lIHwgcGxhY2VzZm9ycGVvcGxlICEgb3Jn

This project was supported by Grant Number 1H79SM084448-01 from SAMHSA. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the SAMHSA.

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