A set of simple measures known as psychological first aid or mental health first aid can enable people to help family, friends and others in their communities who experience psychological distress ...

1017). Over the past 100 years, there has evolved a simple yet effective helping process we now refer to as psychological first aid (PFA). The American Red Cross, the American Psychological ...

People in a disaster may escape bodily injury, but they often need psychological first aid. To help physicians and civil-defense workers give the right kind of such aid in emergencies from ...

The Red Cross is training 58 mental health professionals this week in Washington, D.C. in its program Coping with Deployments: Psychological First Aid for Military Families, developed specifically ...

In response to the situation in Ukraine and its ongoing impact, this post presents the necessary aspects of psychological first aid in response to the current wave of violence and critical ...

The Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz has put out a Psychological First Aid & Stress Management toolkit. The strategies are to help faculty, staff, students and others during ...