{"id":13613,"date":"2013-12-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/the-cpr-of-mental-health-mental-health-first-aid-training-aims-to-increase-education-reduce-stigma\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:58:16","slug":"the-cpr-of-mental-health-mental-health-first-aid-training-aims-to-increase-education-reduce-stigma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/the-cpr-of-mental-health-mental-health-first-aid-training-aims-to-increase-education-reduce-stigma\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The CPR of mental health\u2019: Mental health first aid training aims to increase education, reduce stigma"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WILLMAR \u2014 When Val Swanson took a class in mental health first aid, the lesson that hit home the most was hearing it called the CPR of mental health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThat made an impact on me \u2014 that we should be treating this like all first aid,\u201d said Swanson, who coordinates the chemical dependency counseling certificate program at Ridgewater College.<\/p>\n

Local trainers have offered the course since 2010 to help raise the public\u2019s knowledge about how to recognize and respond to mental health situations, especially before there\u2019s a crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really about education and trying to decrease some of the stigma,\u201d said Kimberly Holm, director of the adult rehabilitation unit at Woodland Centers.<\/p>\n

Holm and Leslie Kveene, director of the youth and adult crisis center and detox unit at Woodland Centers, are among about 20 certified mental health first aid trainers in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

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