What’s the difference between psychological first aid and mental health first aid?

PFA is usually solely focused on response to a disaster. MHFA does give some training in how to respond to a person who has experienced a traumatic event . However, this training is much less detailed than in PFA. In Australia, PFA is often given by people with some specialist mental health training.

LISTEN (Pay attention to the person)

Marleen Wong (bio) describes the five phases of Psychological First Aid — Listen, Protect, Connect, Model, and Teach .

Who is Psychological First Aid For? Psychological First Aid intervention strategies are intended for use with children, adolescents, parents/caretakers, families, and adults exposed to disaster or terrorism . Psychological First Aid can also be provided to first responders and other disaster relief workers.