Youth Mental Health Matters
Get Certified1 in 5 youth, ages 13-18, lives with a mental health condition. This means that if a class has 25 students, 5 of them are impacted.
That is why it is so important for all adults who work with youth to take Youth Mental Health First Aid, an 8-hour course that teaches participants how to recognize and support adolescents experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge.
Having a more informed staff can dramatically help early intervention efforts, and get youth the help they need, when they need it.
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Youth Mental Health First Aid
This course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations.
Topics covered include:
- Anxiety & Depression
- Substance use
- Disorders in which psychosis may occur
- Disruptive behavioral disorders (including AD/HD)
- Eating disorders
Sign up below to reserve your spot, & get certified in Youth Mental Health First Aid.
Youth Matter
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Suicide is the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-34.
cdc.gov
7%
7% of all children under 18 (5 million) have lived with a parent who went to jail or prison.
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9x
Children who experience child abuse and neglect are 9 times more likely to become involved in criminal activity.
childhelp.org
3.3m
A report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds, for a total of approximately 3.3 million child abuse reports annually.
childhelp.org
1/10
About 1 in 10 children will be sexually abused before they turn 18.
d21.org
20
2017 School Crime Supplement indicates that, nationwide, about 20% of students ages 12-18 experienced bullying.
stopbullying.gov
30
25 states had suicide rate increases of more than 30%.
cdc.gov
59
The total number of teenagers who recently experienced depression increased 59% between 2007 and 2017.
pewresearch.org
70
70.4% of school staff have seen bullying. 70.6% of young people say that have seen bullying in their schools.
stopbullying.gov
90
People aged 12-20 years drink 11% of all alcohol consumed in the United States. More than 90% is consumed by binge drinking.
cdc.gov