Two Sides.
One MAYDAY.
Recognition tells you when something may be wrong. Response gives you a practical path for what to do next.
Learn to Notice What Changed.
Mood Change
Look for meaningful changes, patterns, combinations, and context rather than relying on a single sign.
Avoidance / Altered Coping
Look for meaningful changes, patterns, combinations, and context rather than relying on a single sign.
You Isolate
Look for meaningful changes, patterns, combinations, and context rather than relying on a single sign.
Despair Talk
Look for meaningful changes, patterns, combinations, and context rather than relying on a single sign.
Anxiety Spikes
Look for meaningful changes, patterns, combinations, and context rather than relying on a single sign.
You Feel Useless
Look for meaningful changes, patterns, combinations, and context rather than relying on a single sign.
Move From Concern to Action.
Monitor
Use the response sequence to listen, connect, activate appropriate support, and remain engaged after the initial conversation.
Acknowledge
Use the response sequence to listen, connect, activate appropriate support, and remain engaged after the initial conversation.
Yield
Use the response sequence to listen, connect, activate appropriate support, and remain engaged after the initial conversation.
Direct
Use the response sequence to listen, connect, activate appropriate support, and remain engaged after the initial conversation.
Activate
Use the response sequence to listen, connect, activate appropriate support, and remain engaged after the initial conversation.
You Stay Connected
Use the response sequence to listen, connect, activate appropriate support, and remain engaged after the initial conversation.
Not a Diagnosis.
A Framework for Action.
The MAYDAY Model™ does not ask public-safety or military professionals to become therapists. It teaches people to recognize changes, initiate conversations, connect someone to appropriate resources, and remain present.