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.

EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room In a classroom that smelled like a campfire, a student at Pasadena Unified’s Sierra Madre Elementary School broke down when he saw a ...

Makayla and Maddux Jamerson slept through a 6:30 a.m. flash flood warning and woke to their three kids screaming that water was coming into the house. In less than an hour there was already more than ...

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 ...

The pandemic had led to a mental health crisis. Thanks to a free online course from John Hopkins, you can get psycholgical first aid training to help. Our editors independently select these products.

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 ...

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus noted that the only constant is change. We currently live in an era of unprecedented personal, social, economic, and political change. While change can ...

This is the second in a series of three discussions of psychological first aid (PFA). Previously (see Psychological First Aid, Oct. 9, 2018), I introduced readers to the concept of psychological first ...

On an unseasonably warm fall afternoon, Frank “The Tank” Watkins welcomes me to one of his favorite places: the skatepark at Pier 62 in Manhattan. “This is my community, my sanctuary, my second home,” ...

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 ...