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.

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If ever there were a time for people to know the important skills that make up what mental health experts refer to as 'psychological first aid,” a pandemic is it. Like regular first aid, PFA is a way ...

“Have at least a spoonful. You need strength to wait,” said families at the site of the Korea East-West Power Ulsan Thermal Power Plant boiler tower collapse accident that occurred on the 6th. Beside ...

LONDON, (Reuters) - Europe's migrant crisis is forcing the advancement of new psychological therapies that go beyond existing treatments to help victims not of one traumatic event, but of multiple ...

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 ...