Working with charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in makeshift arrival camps in Sicily, she gives what she calls "psychological first aid" to migrants arriving after months or years making their ...

Volunteers from the Los Angeles County Office of Education and beyond helped students get back on track in the weeks right ...

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 ...

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 ...

therapists and first responders there are practicing something called psychological first aid. It's a short-term intervention that could help ease the long-term mental health impact of disasters.

New Delhi: Prompt psychological first aid needs to be provided to victims of natural calamities to minimise the impact of trauma, and people may also be trained to provide such first aid apart ...

PhilCare and Johnson & Johnson Philippines Inc. (JJPI), are collaborating to make psychological first aid (PFA) accessible to more Filipinos. Results of a recent study by the Department of Health ...

SINGAPORE – The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) launched its inaugural psychological first aid training programme for SGSecure Responders on Saturday. It equips participants with skills and strategies ...

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 ...

Experts said a far larger number of counsellors for psychological first aid is needed and people from general population may also be trained in providing such first aid New Delhi: Prompt ...