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Using Crayola markers set on each round table, small groups of adults from the Greeley area \u2014 school outreach workers, Boys and Girls Club staff and foster parents \u2014 created poster-sized pictures of what mental health problems look like. Glum stick figures sat under rain clouds, a face contorted from happy to sad and a placid face showed no outward signs of distress.<\/p>\n

The pictures were just one of several hands-on activities sprinkled throughout a recent day-long training that aims to teach lay-people the signs of mental health or substance abuse problems in youth, and give them action steps to follow when they spot trouble.<\/p>\n

Called\u00a0Youth Mental Health First Aid<\/a>, the training originated in Australia and was unveiled in Colorado last year.\u00a0There is also an adult version of the training, introduced here in 2008, called Mental Health First Aid or MHFA.<\/p>\n

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