Mental Health Trainings for faculty and staff

The USG Mental Health Initiative provides periodic training opportunities for faculty and staff to be better equipped to help a student, colleague or friend in distress. Several dates are available in the fall and early spring for the two trainings:

QPR (question, persuade, refer) is a nationally-recognized suicide prevention gatekeeper training. The training takes around 90 minutes and is presented synchronously online with a certified trainer.

Mental Health First Aid is a comprehensive, skills-based training addressing mental illness, substance abuse and suicide. This training involves two hours of self-paced online training and six hours of instructor-led live training online.

As part of the QEP, Bobcats FIRST, we aim to have all faculty and staff trained in one of the gatekeeper programs. Visit https://usgsurveys.usg.edu/zs/3vCCT7 to register for a training.