The following is a press release from the Mendocino County Office of Education:
MCOE, in partnership with Americorps and Health 360, will be offering an Adult Mental Health First Aid training. This training is made possible through the MHSSA (Mental Health Student Services Act) grant. School district administration and staff, as well as members of the community, are invited to attend at no cost.
This virtual training will cover mental health first aid for adults and is scheduled for Thursday, February 10, 2022, from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. All participants must complete a two-hour, self-paced portion of training before being admitted to the instructor-led portion on February 2, 2022. The training will be conducted via Zoom.
To register for the training, please visit https://mcoe.k12oms.org/eventdetail.php?id=214061.
For more information about the February 10th training, please view the flyer here.
Here Comes Santa Clause
Lost my sanity lost my sanity
Acting very strange
Cheeked my medication now I’m totally deranged
The doctor said thar therapy might help to save the day
But then those men in white suits came and carried me away
Schizophrenia schizophrenia afflictions of the brain
Paranoid delusional aberrant behavior resulting from the strain
Acute psychosis dark depression deep despair and gloom
Until they wisk me off into a cozy rubber room
I’m hysterical I’m hysterical watch me while I scream
Shouting unclear messages outside the mezzanine
Mothers hide their little ones such sights they seldom see
As they stuff me in a jacket with straps upon the sleeve
Douglas Wayne Coulter
In my head I’m hearing voices offering me erratic choices
But for 72 hours the voice lost its powers as I’m locked up on the observation ward
Now it’s clear I’m unstable but they must find a label
Let the DSM name what’s wrong with my brain
While I’m on the observation ward
For many days I skipped my medication
Until I started acting like a fool
Authorities agreed on intervention
So they doped me till I only sit and drool
They police called 5150 and to the PHP unit they ship me
Where my ego they shred crawling into my head
While I’m on the observation ward