•February 1, 2023•
By Cheri Burcham
Family Life Educator

Winter is upon us, and those longer hours of darkness coupled with the colder temperatures can make many people experience those “winter blues. I have become much more aware of the signs of mental health issues since facilitating Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and Trauma-Informed Care trainings, and also co-facilitating a youth mental health awareness program called Your Thoughts Matter. I would highly recommend anyone to complete MHFA as the purpose is to help you recognize when someone is having difficulties and be able to respond in a helpful way. And it is very likely that you will need to be there for someone in that circumstance since according to the National Alliance of Mental Illness, one in four American adults are diagnosed with a mental disorder in their lifetime and half of those disorders begin by age 14 and three quarters by age 24.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.