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Sometimes life comes down to a friend who notices, who cares and who acts. During his time in high school, 18-year-old Luke Hopkins saw that one of his friends was struggling with life in a way that made Luke worry. “My friend was kind of going down a bad path mentally,” Luke recalls. “It was kind of like the world was ending.” So, Luke sought the help of a teacher he trusted. That moment captures the hopeful essence of the Teen Mental Health First Aid program at Oldenburg Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Oldenburg—just one of several schools and youth organizations in Indiana that has embraced the program developed by the National Council for Behavioral Health.
 

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