TIME (2/12, Oaklander) reports on “Mental Health First Aid at Work, a training that the National Council for Behavioral Health provides, for a cost, to a growing number of corporations.” The article follows the experiences of some employees of Delta Air Lines who took the training in order to learn how to “spot symptoms and warning signs of possible mental health concerns in a colleague, reach out and offer initial help, then guide them to professional help and the resources the company offers, like short-term counseling through the free employee assistance program (EAP) and a confidential app that lets you chat immediately with behavioral health coaches.” Such mental health training is growing among organizations. For example, “the Center for Workplace Mental Health at the American Psychiatric Association Foundation is developing a digital training for managers called ‘Notice. Talk. Act. at Work,’ which teaches the early warning signs of mental health issues and how to have empathetic, compassionate conversations.”
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— “How Companies Teach Their Employees First Aid for Mental Health, “Mandy Oaklander, TIME, February 12, 2020