{"id":16718,"date":"2015-08-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/mental-health-first-aid-course-teaches-participants-to-help-people-in-crisis-2\/"},"modified":"2015-08-11T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T17:00:00","slug":"mental-health-first-aid-course-teaches-participants-to-help-people-in-crisis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/mental-health-first-aid-course-teaches-participants-to-help-people-in-crisis-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental health first-aid course teaches participants to help people in crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people have taken a CPR or a first-aid course, but not all that many have had a chance to put those lifesaving skills to use. Most people will never encounter a stranger having a heart attack in the grocery store, said Alissa LeRoux Smith, community health manager for Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, but with one in five Americans diagnosed with a mental illness, many will one day witness a person in the throes of a mental health crisis.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>08\/11\/2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/mental-health-addiction\/2015\/08\/mental-health-first-aid-course-teaches-participants-help-people-cris\" target=\"_blank\">Link to Source<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people have taken a CPR or a first-aid course, but not all that many have had a chance to put those lifesaving skills to use. 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