by Daniel Lombard

Mental health first aid provides the cornerstone for the Welsh assembly's suicide prevention strategy, announced this month.

Training in how to recognise various mental health problems, signpost people to professional help, and deal with crises, will be provided, with £1.7m in funding, for police, nurses, teachers and youth workers.

But the concept of mental health first aid itself lays down a challenge to us all.

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