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Mental health first aid: strengthening its impact for aid recipients [PDF]

open access: yesEvidence Based Mental Health, 2020
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a potentially valuable first response in mental healthcare. MHFA is formulated as an extension of Psychological First Aid, the latter being a more focal response to crises and disasters. MHFA is a broader strategy which aims to improve the general public’s immediate response to mental ill health and mental health ...
Cristina Mei, Patrick D McGorry
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Mental Health First Aid [PDF]

open access: yesCan Vet J, 2019
Vincent, Caroline   +12 more
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Public awareness of Mental Health First Aid and perception of community pharmacists as Mental Health First Aid providers

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 2020
The objectives of this study were to (1) identify the number of participants who screened positive for major depressive disorder, (2) assess the number of participants who have discussed or would like to discuss mental illness with a trained professional, (3) determine public awareness about Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), and (4) determine public ...
Emily S. Prohaska   +4 more
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The Value of Mental Health First Aid Training

Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2015
Edited byMona M. Shattell, RN, PhDDePaul University, School of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois, USAEdited byMichelle Cleary, RN, PhDWestern Sydney University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Sydney, Au...
Cleary, Michelle (R15004)   +2 more
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Using mental health first aid to promote mental health in churches

Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, 2020
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an evidence-based intervention to increase knowledge about mental illness and self-efficacy in addressing mental health problems.
Jennifer Costello   +2 more
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Effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid: a meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: possibleMental Health Review Journal, 2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper, a meta-analysis and systematic review of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), is to focus on studies that reported trainees’ mental health literacy, attitudes and helping-related behaviors, as well as the impact of the program for the people who came into contact with trainees (i.e. recipients).
Amy K. Maslowski   +4 more
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Innovations in disaster mental health: Psychological first aid. [PDF]

open access: possibleProfessional Psychology: Research and Practice, 2008
Professional psychologists are called upon to deal with a broad array of crises and traumatic events. However, training and expertise in crisis response varies widely among practitioners, and there has been considerable controversy about the value of widely disseminated mental health crisis intervention protocols that include “debriefing” as an ...
Eric M. Vernberg   +8 more
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Understanding Mental Health First Aid for Psychosis

2010
Throughout this guide, we have tried to explain all parts of a first episode of psychosis in a detailed way. But what happens if you know someone who may be experiencing an episode of psychosis and you have to act fast or help them get into treatment?
Beth Broussard, Michael T. Compton
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Mental Health First Aid: addressing mental health as a public health priority

Perspectives in Public Health, 2015
Would you know how to help a friend in the midst of a panic attack? Do you believe your manager has the skills to recognise when positive stress tips over into detrimental anxiety and offer appropriate support? Crucially, would you know how to help yourself or where to go for support if your mental health started taking a turn for the worse?Mental ...
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Mental Health First Aid: A course and a movement

The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, 2017
We are on Main Street and a middle‐aged man clutches his chest in cardiac crisis. A member of the community trained in medical first aid administers cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until paramedics arrive. A life is saved.
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