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 ...

Hanadi Al Yafei: Mental health is key to individual and community well-being Dr Bana Bouzaboon: The workshop aims to activate the community's role in providing initial psychological support Sharjah: ...

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.

Parents, healthcare professionals, social workers, educators, and volunteers in Sharjah are being trained to offer Psychological First Aid (PFA). According to a top official, trained individuals can ...

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.

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 from ...