About BSBB for MH - Community Connections

Be Sensitive, Be Brave

for Mental Health

(BSBB for MH)

The leading culturally responsive mental health community training

About BSBB for Mental Health

The Be Sensitive, Be Brave for Mental Health (BSBB for MH) training infuses culture and diversity throughout a foundational workshop on mental health and mental health conditions. This workshop prepares community members to help friends and loved ones of all ages during times of mental health distress . . .

Participants will learn how to recognize mental health conditions, what to do when someone needs support, and tools for maintaining good mental health and preventing mental health conditions. Diversity considerations are addressed throughout the workshop as we discuss how mental health challenges may look different across cultures.

The

BSBB for MH

Learning

Experience

With a cultural and diversity lens, participants learn to:

Identify when you or others are in mental distress
Be sensitive and brave in helping others
Increase awareness of mental health resources
Prevent mental health conditions by using a recipe for mental wellness
Build cultural sensitivity around mental health conditions
Increase community responsiveness and decrease stigma

Identify when you or others are in mental distress
Be sensitive and brave in helping others
Increase awareness of mental health resources
Prevent mental health conditions by using a recipe for mental wellness
Build cultural sensitivity around mental health conditions
Increase community responsiveness and decrease stigma

BSBB for MH is a 2-hour interactive workshop that can be delivered or taken online or in person, by an experienced and caring community trainer. It is designed for high school students, adults and older adults.

BSBB for MH

Details

BSBB for MH

An Evidence-

based Training

BSBB for MH is based on empirical research about culture, diversity, and mental health.

BSBB for MH has been empirically shown to improve:

Knowledge and skills in:

Identifying MH warning signs
Understanding MH conditions
Differentiating between everyday stress and mental illness

Readiness to:

Support someone with MH concerns
Identify local services/resources
Connect someone with help

Cultural responsiveness in:

Identifying ways that culture affects mental health/mental illness
Feeling prepared to help people from diverse cultural backgrounds

Mental health resiliency in:

Identifying coping strategies
Handling stress to maintain good mental health

Mental health stigma by:

Decreasing feelings of inadequacy when seeking professional help
Decreasing the perception that people with mental illness would be treated differently in the community