Psychological First Aid TtT

Objectives:
The Office of Health Emergency Preparedness (OHEP), in partnership with the NYS Of-fice of Mental Health (OMH) and the SUNY New Paltz Institute for Disaster Mental Health (IDMH), has devel-oped a revised curriculum in Psychological First Aid (PFA). PFA is an evidence-informed approach that pro-vides staff with practical methods to help people with their basic needs and immediate concerns during, or in the aftermath, of an emergency. It is designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping.