Anyone, anywhere can #BeTheDifference for someone facing a mental health or substance use challenge.

The course helps people understand that mental illnesses and addictions are real, common and treatable.

Certified Mental Health First Aid instructors from Recovery Resources will provide an overview of the eight-hour course and provide key warning signs to look for if you believe someone you know may be experiencing symptoms of mental illness:

• Assess for risk of suicide or harm

• Listen nonjudgmentally

• Give reassurance and information

• Encourage appropriate professional help

• Encourage self-help and other support strategies

Please note --- This one-hour class is an overview of the full course provided by Recovery Resources. This special free abbreviated class is non-credited.

About Recovery Resources:

Recovery Resources: Partners in Health | Partners in Hope

In 2000, two Cleveland agencies merged to become Recovery Resources, where mental illness and addictions of all types could be treated under one roof in an integrated way– a critical need for those who were dually diagnosed. This family soon grew with the addition of Community Challenge in 2008, which increased our footprint with young people in the suburban West Shore. Our continuum of care grew once again in 2011 with the addition of Spectrum of Supportive Services, which broadened our housing services and added services focused on helping people re-enter the workforce.

Today we honor our founders every day by helping others

• See the immense possibilities that recovery offers

• Begin their individual journeys to health and hope

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