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Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA): A Change Initiative in an Underresourced School.

Journal of School Nursing
Background: School-aged children with unidentified mental illnesses experience poor health outcomes; managing this issue requires a collaborative community approach. Objectives: The objective was to implement an evidence-based mental health education and
Kate Wachutka, Mercedes Echevarria, Jennifer Walsh   +2 more
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Effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid: a meta-analysis [PDF]

Mental 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, Rick A. LaCaille, Lara J. LaCaille, Catherine M. Reich, Jill Klingner   +4 more
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An evaluation of youth mental health first aid training with law enforcement officers.

Psychological services
Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training has been adopted across the United States to teach adults how to identify and respond to youth mental health challenges and crises.
M. F. Soderstrom, Kristina K. Childs, Kim Gryglewicz   +2 more
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Socio-cultural adaptation of Mental Health First Aid to insular religious communities: the case of ultra-Orthodox society in Israel

Advances in mental health
Objective The introduction of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) in Israel has required a dynamic adaptation of the curriculum to the local social, cultural and religious context.
Zvika Orr, Stuart Katz, Beth G. Zalcman
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Innovations in disaster mental health: Psychological first aid. [PDF]

Professional 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, Alan M. Steinberg, Anne K. Jacobs, Melissa J. Brymer, Patricia J. Watson, Joy D. Osofsky, Christopher M. Layne, Robert S. Pynoos, Josef I. Ruzek   +8 more
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Mental Health First Aid™ for Deaf communities: responses to a lack of national Deaf mental health service provision

Journal of Public Mental Health
Purpose For over 15 years, Mental Health First Aid™ (MHFA) has successfully been delivered in Wales, United Kingdom, with growing interest in the MHFA programme and increasing course attendees.
Julia Terry, Cathie Robins-Talbot
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Assessing the Utility of Mental Health First Aid Training for Physician Assistant Students

The journal of physician assistant education : the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association, 2022
Introduction Physician assistant (PA) students are at increased risk for anxiety and depression compared with the general population. The demands of studying medicine can contribute to a decline in mental health, which may impede a student’s ability to ...
J. Forbes, Diana T. Noller, Madeleine Henriquez, Sarah Scantamburlo, Ian Ward, H. Lee   +5 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 improves mental health literacy among college students: A meta-analysis

Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objectives Mental health first aid (MHFA) may have beneficial effects on the public’s knowledge, attitude, and behavior; however, its effectiveness in increasing mental health literacy on college students remains unknown.
Mining Liang, MD, Qiongni Chen, MD, Jincai Guo, MD, Zubing Mei, PhD, Junhui Wang, MD, Yang Zhang, MD, Li He, MD, Yamin Li, PhD   +7 more
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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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