Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a program designed for everyone to learn how to support someone who has a mental health problem or is experiencing a mental health crisis.
MHFA is an 8-hour course guided by certified trainers. This course teaches participants how to assist people who are developing a mental health problem, experiencing a worsening of an existing mental health problem or in a mental health crisis, until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves.
Upcoming Course Date(s):
(in-person only option at this time)
Call 509-359-2366 or email cws@ewu.edu to sign up. Registration is required and space is limited.
November 20 & 21, 2024
12pm-5pm both days
*Participants must be a current EWU student, staff or faculty.
We have 12 certified MHFA instructors on our campus that are available to teach Mental Health First Aid to your class, group, club, employees, colleagues, etc. Find a button below to request a training.
Thanks to support received through SAMHSA and the Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Funds we were able to expand the number of trainers to offer more training to our campus community. Learn more about each of our MHFA instructors.
If you have a group of eight or more people that you would like to set up a training for MHFA, please fill out the request form above.
*Participants must be a current EWU student, staff or faculty.
