{"id":3869,"date":"2017-04-30T22:56:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T05:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=3869"},"modified":"2017-12-23T16:09:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T00:09:41","slug":"youth-mental-health-first-aid-workshop-at-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2017\/youth-mental-health-first-aid-workshop-at-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Mental Health First Aid: Workshop at the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recap by Alicia Zhang, age 13 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday, April 17, 2017, the Central Library hosted a Youth Mental Health First Aid workshop, taught by Dr. Geoff Milam.. It was more of an introduction to mental health first aid\u2014not to be used as a replacement for the eight-hour youth mental health first aid program\u2014but informational and insightful nonetheless. We played some true or false trivia which covered the basic facts and statistics about mental health conditions. The trivia set the scene for what was to come. It gave a simple overview of the topic to get us into the mood so we could delve deeper and discuss more intimately about specifics. Dr. Milam displayed a slideshow presentation and carried us through more particular mental health conditions, like Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Psychosis, and more, educating us about common symptoms and how we could help. At the end, he put up a written example scenario of a girl going through possible mental health struggles and asked us to brainstorm ideas on how we would assist and support her. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, I found this workshop captivating and helpful. Although a licensed professional (and not a teenaged girl) needs to diagnose mental health conditions, I now know more than the basic &#8220;Depression is terrible sadness&#8221; and that some common stereotypes, such as Bipolar Disorder being a mood difference between happy and sad, are only misconceptions. Dr. Milam was thorough yet concise with his explanations and I left feeling well informed about mental health conditions and what to do in a mental health emergency, wishing to learn and inquire more about this topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Alicia, age 13<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information about Mental Health, you can check out the still growing mental health resource center located in Teen Central at Pasadena Central Library, or look online at resources at <a href=\"http:\/\/cityofpasadena.libguides.com\/webteen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/cityofpasadena.libguides.com\/webteen<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/cs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/cs\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recap by Alicia Zhang, age 13 On Monday, April 17, 2017, the Central Library hosted a Youth Mental Health First Aid workshop, taught by Dr. Geoff Milam.. It was more of an introduction to mental health first aid\u2014not to be used as a replacement for the eight-hour youth mental health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":3874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,139],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-3869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","category-resources","tag-mental-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2017\/04\/logo-drop-shadow-2x.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-10p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3002,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2016\/teen-advisory-board-july-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":3869,"position":0},"title":"Teen Advisory Board &#8212; July 2016","author":"Jane Gov","date":"July 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Teen Advisory Board 7\/9\/2016 Present: \u00a0Chris, Kara, Haneen, Bella, Meep, Luke, Lauren, Julia Special guest: \u00a0Geoff Milam, Pasadena Health Department \u00a0 Two months ago, the Teen Advisory Board launched a mental health initiative to increase awareness and discussions around topics of mental health, provide specialized services and programs for teens,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Agendas &amp; News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Agendas &amp; News","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/category\/agendas-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2014\/05\/TAB-banner.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2014\/05\/TAB-banner.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2014\/05\/TAB-banner.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6298,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2021\/youth-network-march-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":3869,"position":1},"title":"Youth Network &#8212; March 2021","author":"Jane Gov","date":"March 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Pasadena Public Library - Youth Network, 3\/3\/2021 In today\u2019s meeting we will plan for mental health month. 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