The Effectiveness of Psychological First Aid as a Disaster Intervention Tool: Research Analysis of Peer-Reviewed Literature From 1990-2010. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 6 (3 ...

Here’s its origin story : Shots - Health News From Altadena to Asheville, people devastated by recent disasters encountered helpers trained in Psychological First Aid. Like CPR, anybody can ...

Psychological first aid is accessible now—people can learn it online for free through a Coursera curriculum developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness. Everyone should ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / January 25, 2024 / Yvonne Groenhout, an intensive-care unit (ICU) nurse for over 26 years and an International Medical Corps first responder, is just one of the ...

Psychological first aid is the idea that interventions that can be done in the wake of a traumatic event to promote resilience and healing. Psychiatrist Robin Gurwitch helped develop the protocol.

It is important to provide psychological first aid after a crisis. It is so important that the World Health Organization (WHO) made it the theme of World Mental Health Day in 2016.

TheSomerset County Department of Human Services is hosting a “Key Concepts in Psychological First Aid” full-day workshop for mental health professionals and other crisis-team members who may ...

Editors' note: In the aftermath of the Oct. 1, 2017 shooting massacre that claimed the lives of 58 people, several psychology and counseling scholars at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas sprang ...

The Psychological First Aid We Should Be Giving to the Survivors of the Las Vegas Shooting Emotional wounds are similar to physical wounds. Without treatment, they get worse over time.

This post was written by Adam R. Klyczek, a member of the Hospital, Healthcare & Addiction Workers, Patients and Families working group of the COVID Psychology Task Force (established by 14 ...