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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...