Psychological First Aid (PFA) Guide – Hindi Version
RAHAT has worked with the World Health Organization, for the translation of its Psychological First Aid Manual from English to Hindi, thus fulfilling a long felt need to have a translation in an Indian language. This document is available to all organisations and government departments for use in crisis interventions and disaster management settings. Psychological First Aid is a first-line, psychosocial support, to provide basic psychological care in the short-term aftermath of a traumatic event. It is an evidence-informed modular approach, used by non-mental health experts, such as first responders and volunteers, for assisting people in the immediate aftermath of disaster, and catastrophic events, to reduce initial distress and to foster short and long-term adaptive functioning.