Bell Let’s Talk, Canadian Red Cross partner on mental health training

OTTAWA - Bell Let's Talk and the Canadian Red Cross are investing $150,000 in new initiatives focused on mental health training for Canadians.The new first aid program will help both first responders and the general public to provide mental health support in emergency situations. The Red Cross trains over 644,000 people in First Aid and CPR each year, including some 425,000 participants in emergency and standard first aid courses. Canadian Red Cross will incorporate mental health programming into its standard first aid training, enabling individual Canadians to recognize the signs and symptoms of a developing mental health emergency and provide comfort...