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The best spotters on the front lines of teen mental health? It’s often their peers

JL;DR SUMMARY The Teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) program, championed by The Jewish Education Project and BeWell, empowers Jewish teens to recognize mental health issues among their peers and appropriately engage supportive adults. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationJewish CommunityCommunity ResponsibilityPikuach NefeshPeer SupportYouth EmpowermentTeen Mental HealthMental Health TrainingAreivutBewell Initiative

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"a study conducted by Jewish Federations of North Americas BeWell initiative"

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