What is Mental Health First Aid?
Mental Health First Aid is a skills-based training course that teaches participants about mental health and substance-use issues. Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. In the Mental Health First Aid course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help.
You can take Mental Health First Aid online or in-person.
- In-person trainings are offered on Michigan Tech's campus a few times each year with limited availability per class. See below for upcoming trainings that you can sign up for, watch Tech Today for class offerings, or reach out to counseling@mtu.edu to inquire about upcoming offerings. There is a $60 participation fee for this training.
- Online classes can be found year-round (filter your search for open, blended course with virtual-led instruction, and adult). Participation fees vary.
Upcoming On-Campus Training Dates
Monday and Wednesday, November 9 and 11, 2026
4:30 p.m.–8 p.m.
(Sign up will be posted by September 26, 2026)
To sign up, please click above and fill out the google form. Trainings may be cancelled if there is a low number of sign-ups. After you have completed the form above, expect to hear from your Mental Health First Aid instructor(s) about 1-2 weeks before the training date with important details. For any general questions you may have, please contact counseling@mtu.edu.