Program development
The Bi-directional Engagement Strategy Tool is a program implementation framework to guide the development of wellness resources to support health center staff.
Psychological first aid (PFA) has been endorsed as an important element of mental health-related support services in the aftermath of a critical incident.
There is a burgeoning interest in a field that is attracting attention: the integration of Animal Assisted interventions as a complementary component to existing school counseling and support services.
In this paper we describe the development and implementation of an innovative, integrated law enforcement—community-based mental health response to addiction.
Despite gallant efforts, we have failed to provide adequate access to mental health services in these times. Perhaps it’s time for a tectonic shift in training and practice.
A road map for how other communities might structure a program to respond to the psychological consequences of crime
The Peer Support and Trauma Response Program at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children is dedicated to supporting staff mental health during COVID-19.
Each CSA survivor has varying factors that affect their own risks for revictimization, and significant attempts to lower such risks must take into account their complexity.
A disaster can trigger critical stress, which can be potentially traumatic to responders who are deployed to the disaster site to undertake rescue operations.
This study tested the ‘Good Samaritan Model’ as an intervention on a building level in three public schools with documented incidents of verbal hostility and physical violence.