Link – Employers train workers to help colleagues in crisis

Frankly, this is a great idea. In my office we have a list of who knows CPR, who is responsible in case of fire, etc. Why not a similar list of who you can talk to about your mental health, who can help get you to the proper resources in a sympathetic way?

“The exercise is just one component of an eight-hour course in “mental health first aid,” a relatively new kind of training that, like first aid or CPR, is designed to give ordinary people tools to help someone in need. And as with first aid and CPR, companies have begun to see the value in having employees who have the skills to say something, if they see something.”

https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/careers/employers-train-workers-to-help-colleagues-in-crisis/