Mental health first aid comes to Md.

Published January 5, 2008 5:00am ET



Hoping to avert tragedies like the Virginia Tech shooting, Maryland officials are beginning to teach a first-aid approach to mental health.

The new program, which begins next week, will try to teach Maryland citizens to see the gravely mentally ill the same way they would see someone with a serious physical injury.

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