BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - When you think first aid, you probably think of responding to physical injuries, but Northern Light Acadia Hospital has been training organizations all over the state in ...

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.

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.

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 ...