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 ...
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 ...
Fairview says demand for trauma support training is rising as more Minnesota students and families seek help after recent ...
Training on psychological first aid will be offered in Santa Maria from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 25. There is no cost for the training, to be held at the Santa Maria Chapter of the American Red Cross, ...
This post was written by Adam R. Klyczek, a member of the Hospital, Healthcare & Addiction Workers, Patients and Families working group of the COVID Psychology Task Force (established by 14 divisions ...
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 ...
SEATTLE — Friday marked one year since Russia invaded Ukraine and it’s causing a huge psychological toll on the people there. A team of mental health workers in Washington state is training Ukrainian ...
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 ...
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.