Tuesday, October 02, 2007

[USA] Psychological First Aid: Field Operations Guide / US. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for PTSD, September 2007
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"The Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Operations Guide, 2nd Edition was created by the Terrorism Disaster Branch of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for PTSD as well as others involved in disaster response. PFA is an evidence-informed modular approach for assisting people in the immediate aftermath of disaster and terrorism: to reduce initial distress, and to foster short and long-term adaptive functioning. It is for use by mental health specialists including first responders, incident command systems, primary and emergency health care providers, school crisis response teams, faith-based organisations, disaster relief organisations, Community Emergency Response Teams, Medical Reserve Corps, and the Citisens Corps in diverse settings."