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 ...
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. A new study ...
Fairview says demand for trauma support training is rising as more Minnesota students and families seek help after recent ...
It isn’t therapy but psychological first aid that helps first responders in crises as well as the people they’re helping. Psychological first aid includes eight core actions and self-care techniques.
Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed modular approach for helping children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of disaster and terrorism. People who have ...
Several months after Hurricane Helene, survivors still need help coping with the trauma they endured. NPR's Katia Riddle went to Asheville, North Carolina, recently. She brings us this story about a ...
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.