Report: “Indiana Librarians to Get Mental Health Training”

From the Indiana Capital Chronicle:
Hoosiers suffering mental health crises are visiting public libraries for help — transforming the role of librarians who act simultaneously as researchers, archivists and quasi-social workers.
Mental Health America of Indiana is stepping in to train librarians in how to respond to these crises and direct patrons to reliable information on suicide prevention, addiction treatment and mental health disorders.
“We go to libraries to find informati