Mental Health First Aid

Sponsored by Texas Panhandle Centers

Nearly 1 in 5 U.S adults live with a mental illness and research shows that each year approximately:

44,965 American’s complete suicide.

Texas Panhandle Centers offers Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses designed to improve the general public’s views of mental health and substance use problems and link people to professional help for their mental health or substance use problems.

Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based program that provides community members with the knowledge and skills to identify and help those affected by mental health and substance use issues.

You can make a difference! Those who take the 8-hour MHFA course will feel confident when applying 5-step action plan that can assist students, loved ones, colleagues, neighbors and other community members on how cope with mental health or substance use problems.

Mental Health First Aid Classes

Date	TPC Collaboration/Location	Course	Format/who can attend	Notes/Registration
09/22/2026	TPC/Agrilife/PBHA at TPC Admin Building	Adult MHFA	In-person/ Anyone	Open Registration contact Crystal Vega-Langwell at crystal.langwell@txpan.org
09/25/2026	TPC/PBHA at TPC Admin Building	Youth MHFA	In-person/ Anyone	Open Registration contact Crystal Vega-Langwell at crystal.langwell@txpan.org
10/16/2026	TPC/PBHA at TPC Admin Building	Youth MHFA	In-person/ Anyone	Open Registration contact Crystal Vega-Langwell at crystal.langwell@txpan.org
11/04/2026	TPC/PBHA at TPC Admin Building	Adult MHFA	In-person/ Anyone	Open Registration contact Crystal Vega-Langwell at crystal.langwell@txpan.org

For all Inquiries Regarding Any Mental Health First Aid classes:
Crystal Vega-Langwell, Mental Health First Aid Outreach/Coordinator: 806-351-3244 or crystal.langwell@txpan.org