Mental Health Workshops
FREDwell Mental Health Speaker Series
For more information on these trainings, please email: care@fredonia.edu
It's Real
"It’s Real: College Students and Mental Health: is a documentary featuring the stories of six college students from across the country. The film reveals depression and other mental health conditions as they are commonly experienced by high school seniors, and shows how students can seek help for these conditions and successfully manage them. It can be used as part of an educational program designed to raise awareness about mental health issues experienced in college and to encourage help-seeking among college students. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has developed this film to support colleges and universities in implementing suicide prevention as an integral part of their ongoing campus activities and services.
Workshop Features:
- Illustrate how mental health conditions such as depression can interfere with a student’s ability to enjoy college and be productive in their work
- Convey that depression and other mental health conditions are real illnesses that can be managed through specific treatments and interventions
- Encourage and promote help-seeking behavior among college students
safeTALK
safeTALK (Suicide Alertness for Everyone): The overall goal of safeTALK is to prepare anyone over the age of 15 to become a suicide alert helper. After the training, participants should be able to recognize suicidal symptoms and take action by connecting them with life-saving intervention resources. This training is used in over 20 countries around the world.
Workshop features:
- The simple and effective TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen and Keep Safe
- Hands-on skills and practice
- Personal development
Talk Saves Lives
Talk Saves Lives: An introduction to Suicide Prevention: A community-based presentation that covers the general scope of suicide, the research on prevention, and what people can do to fight suicide.
Workshop Features: Attendees will learn the risk and warning signs of suicide, and how together, we can help prevent it.
QPR Training - Question, Persuade and Refer
*One-hour online course (with certificate) on suicide prevention: visit https://www.suny.edu/mental-health