{"id":13621,"date":"2013-12-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/mental-health-first-aid-program-trains-people-to-spot-cues-of-illness\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:58:18","slug":"mental-health-first-aid-program-trains-people-to-spot-cues-of-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/mental-health-first-aid-program-trains-people-to-spot-cues-of-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health First Aid Program Trains People to Spot Cues of Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Treating the first signs of a mental health crisis could eventually become as common as administering CPR.<\/p>\n<p>Transitions of Western Illinois has trained about 90 people a year since 2010 through the Mental Health First Aid program. 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