First-Aid Training For Mental Health Could Aid At-Risk Veterans

Elizabeth Prewitt PACEsConnection writer 4/29/144:00 AM

A push for new funding — and the use of existing funds — may soon make more resources available to help identify vets who need help with depression or other mental illness through the National Council for Behavioral Health’s “Mental Health First Aid training

When done right, first aid quickly identifies a problem and triages patients so the more urgent cases get treated first and followed up on. Now, with federal aid, that same strategy will apply to the pressing problem of veterans’ mental health.

http://capsules.kaiserhealthnews.org/index.php/2014/04/first-aid-training-for-mental-health-could-aid-at-risk-veterans/

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