Mental Health First Aid with Julie Hardle

Isabel talks with Julie Hardle, Manager of Recovery and Resiliency for Optum Salt Lake County. They discuss the origin of Mental Health First Aid, rituals to put in your self-care toolbox, and how common mental illness is.
For Your Information:
Read more about the history of Mental Health First Aid: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/about/
Read more about how the PTSD of emergency dispatchers compares to that of combat veterans: https://aedrjournal.org/differences-in-ptsd-symptomatology-between-combat-veterans-and-emergency-dispatchers/
Anxiety is the most common mental illness in the U.S.: https://adaa.org/about-adaa/press-room/facts-statistics
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