PFA: Tips for Adults

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Is a handout from Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (PFA). This handout provides people with common reactions after a disaster, ways to respond to those reactions, and examples of things you can say to another adult.

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Published in 2012

Is a handout from Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (PFA). This handout provides people with common reactions after a disaster, ways to respond to those reactions, and examples of things you can say to another adult. This is the Spanish version of PFA: Tips for Adults.

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Published in 2006

Is a handout from Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (PFA). This handout provides people with common reactions after a disaster, ways to respond to those reactions, and examples of things you can say to another adult. This is the Mandarin Chinese version 成人技​巧​

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Published in 2011

Is a handout from Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (PFA). This handout provides people with common reactions after a disaster, ways to respond to those reactions, and examples of things you can say to another adult. This is the Japanese version 大人のためのヒント

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Published in 2009

Is a handout from Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (PFA). This handout provides people with common reactions after a disaster, ways to respond to those reactions, and examples of things you can say to another adult. Translated March 2022.

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Published in 2022

Is a handout from Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (PFA). This handout provides people with common reactions after a disaster, ways to respond to those reactions, and examples of things you can say to another adult. Translated 2022.

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Published in 2022

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Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Operations Guide: 2nd Edition

Gives guidance on responding to disaster or terrorism events using the Psychological First Aid intervention. This evidence-informed approach helps to assist children, adolescents, adults, and families in the aftermath of disaster and terrorism. The manual includes in-depth information about each of the eight core actions and accompanying handouts for adults, adolescents, parents and caregivers, and providers.

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Published in 2006