The photo above shows Yvonne conducting a training session in a shelter in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Yvonne Groenhout, an intensive-care unit (ICU) nurse for over 26 years and an International Medical ...

Psychological First Aid (PFA) is a vital aspect of crisis management and preventing workplace violence. If we want to promote Total Worker Health (TWH) programs and truly care for our workers, we must ...

A new study has shown that Psychological First Aid, training originally created for people to support others, can help healthcare workers in care homes improve their own mental wellbeing. First ...

It’s a mental health intervention designed to address a therapeutic deficit exposed by other terrible events — like the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Nineteen ...

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.

Mental health responders are using a strategy to help fire victims called Psychological First Aid — often compared to CPR for mental health. Its initial step is finding what a person needs right now.

With an increase in traumatic events has come a rise in the awareness of methods to respond to those impacted. Whether the traumatic experiences are man-made—mass shootings, political violence etc.—or ...

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore has launched the country's first AI-powered mobile app for psychological first aid training, aiming to bolster mental health preparedness within its ...

For people affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles, the needs aren't just physical. They're also emotional. To help, doctors, therapists and first responders there are practicing something called ...