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Psychological first aid, or PFA, is designed to mitigate the effects of acute stress and trauma and assist those in crisis to cope effectively. PFA can be applied in emergencies, including disasters, terrorist attacks, and the COVID-19 pandemic. In the second edition of this essential guide, George S. Everly, Jr., and Jeffrey M. Lating draw on their experiences in Kuwait after the Gulf War, in New York City after the September 11 attacks, and during the COVID-19 pandemic to describe the principles and practices of PFA in an easy-to-follow, prescriptive, and practical manner. Informed by current events, the second edition includes updated chapters as well as three completely new chapters on: cultural awareness PFA considerations with children the use of PFA to facilitate community mental health and resilience Aimed at mental health practitioners, first responders, and global health disaster teams such as the World Health Organization, but also beneficial to those with little or no previous mental health training, The Johns Hopkins Guide to Psychological First Aid explains RAPID PFA--a unique method that follows a set of easily understood principles.

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Jeffrey M. Lating earned his BA in psychology from Swarthmore College in 1985 and his PhD in clinical psychology in 1991 from the University of Georgia. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in medical psychology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1993. He was the director of clinical training at the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore from 1993 to 1996, and the chief psychologist there from 1996 to 1998. He is currently a professor of psychology at Loyola University Maryland and was the director of clinical training of the doctoral program in clinical psychology at Loyola from 2000 to 2013. Dr. Lating is also a faculty member of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. From 2005 to 2009, he served on the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. He has coedited and coauthored six books in the areas of stress and posttraumatic stress. Dr. Lating has also served as a clinical consultant and crisis-management trainer with FEMA; the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA); the United States Senate Employee Assistant Program; the US Department of State; the US Department of Labor; the United Steelworkers (USW); the Danish Military; the Edmonton Police Service; the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); the Swiss Air Navigation Services; and the World Bank. He also consulted and provided clinical interventions and training with the US Secret Service's Employee Assistance Program in New York City in the days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. George S. Everly, Jr. is acknowledged as a pioneer in the fields of psychological trauma and disaster mental health. He is an award-winning author and researcher. Dr. Everly holds appointments as professor in the Center for Humanitarian Health in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and associate professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He was formerly professor of psychology at Loyola University in Maryland and a member of the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness. In addition, he has served on the adjunct faculties of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the FBI's National Academy at Quantico, Virginia. Dr. Everly holds honorary professorships at the Universidad de Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Universidad de Weiner, Lima, Peru. He was a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mental Health Collaboration Committee (having chaired the mental health competency development subcommittee), the Infrastructure Expert Team within the US Department of Homeland Security, and the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) Emotional & Spiritual Care Committee, as well as the NVOAD Early Psychological Intervention subcommittee. He has been an advisor to the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong. Dr. Everly is cofounder of and serves as a nongovernmental representative to the United Nations for the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, a nonprofit UN-affiliated public health and safety organization. He was formerly distinguished visiting professor, Universidad de Flores (Argentina) and senior research advisor in the Social Development Office, Office of His Highness, the Amir of Kuwait, State of Kuwait. Before these appointments, Dr. Everly was a Harvard scholar, visiting in psychology, Harvard University; a visiting lecturer in medicine, Harvard Medical School; and chief psychologist and director of behavioral medicine for Johns Hopkins Homewood Hospital Center. Jennifer Jill Araya has been listening to audiobooks since she was a young child, and the fact that she now gets to narrate audiobooks for a living is a dream come true. Jennifer's training as an opera singer and orchestral cellist lend a musicality and depth of understanding to her narration that help bring her authors' stories to life. She loves nothing more than giving life and breath to the printed word. When she's not narrating, Jennifer can be found hiking, biking, running, or generally exploring her home city of Cincinnati with her husband Arturo (a.k.a. Partner in Crime ) and their two children.

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