Mental health first aid provides skills

MEEKER I One in four Americans have some sort of mental health disorder, from anxiety to schizophrenia to substance abuse disorders.
In day-to-day life we are far more likely to meet someone having a mental or emotional crisis than we are to happen upon a heart attack victim or someone choking in a restaurant. Yet very few people know how to respond to someone in a mental or emotional crisis. Recognizing the signs of a…