World Mental Health Day 2016: Psychological First Aid its applications in Hong Kong

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1 Annual Conference on Disaster Preparedness and Response 2016 Building a Resilient Health System by HKJCDPRI & HKCCM 8th October, 2016 Announcement of Policy Brief Session World Mental Health Day 2016: Psychological First Aid its applications in Hong Kong Eliza YL Cheung, PhD Clinical Psychologist, Hong Kong Red Cross Technical Advisor, IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support

2 World Mental Health Day 2016 World Mental Health Day is an annual event. Aims: To raise awareness of mental health issues across the globe To mobilize efforts in support of mental health Mental health problems are an extremely important issue worldwide due to their impact on the human rights and quality of life of those affected and their families. This year s theme: Psychological First Aid (PFA)

3 Intervention pyramid Intervention pyramid for mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies

4 心理支援服務 Psychological Support Service

5 OUR GOAL To provide timely psychological support service to reduce the emotional distress and sufferings of vulnerable people and carers, who are affected by disasters or emergencies, and to foster their adaptive functioning and coping capacity.

6 History of development Psychological Support Service 2004: Incorporated Psychological First Aid (PFA) knowledge into First Aid Manual 2006: Provided formal Psychological First Aid (PFA) training to volunteers; started Psychological Support Project with agreement with the Airport Authority (AA) 2007: Provide PSS in other emergencies through mobilization of trained PFAiders

7 Psychological Support Service Target Group Hong Kong communities affected by local and overseas disasters, emergencies or community crises

8 MHPSS in Emergency by HKRC Specialized services Focused, nonspecialized supports Eg. Referral to clinical psychologists from Hong Kong Psychological Society and other long-term follow-up (Occupycentral PSS hotline) Eg. Psychological first aid service Community and family supports Basic services and security Eg. Restoring family links (Haiyan Typhoon) Eg. Local disaster relief service works with SWD in relief distribution

9 From Evidence-based practice to practice-based evidence Emergency responders who received training in PFA reported significantly: better knowledge about disaster mental health; higher frequencies of helping behavior; and; better psychological well-being than responders who did not receive PFA training prior to the operation. Cheung EYL, Chan, EYY, Lin, CLY, Lee, PPY. Clinical effectiveness of psychological first aid training among emergency responders in chinese population: preliminary results of 3-month follow-up. 17 th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine; 2011; Beijing, China. Cheung EYL, Chan, EY, Lin, CLY, Lee, PY, Zhu, YJC. Preliminary results of psychological first aid capacity building program on coping strategies and mental health measures among emergency responders in disaster: results of 6- month follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Conference paper presented at 13th World Congress on Public Health; 2012; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Cheung EYL, Chan, EYY, Sin, CKM, Wong, AH. Impact of psychological first aid training on disaster responding aid workers mental well-being: a cross-sectional study two months after the vessel collision accident on the national day. Conference Paper presented at 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities 2014; Hong Kong, China.

10 Evidence-based practice: Protocols of Psychological first aid (PFA) Endorsed by 24 UN/NGO international agencies 20 translations available on the WHO website: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Kiswahili, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhala, Slovenian, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu World Health Organization, War Trauma Foundation and World Vision International (2011). Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers. Geneva: WHO. Available at: 世界卫生组织 战争创伤基金会和世界宣明会 (2011) 现场工作者心理急救指南 世界卫生组织 : 日内瓦

11 Psychological first aid Facilitation Manual World Health Organization, War Trauma Foundation and World Vision International (2013). Psychological first aid: Facilitator s manual for orienting field workers. WHO: Geneva. 世界卫生组织 战争创伤基金会和世界宣明会 (2015) 心理急救 : 训练现场工作者的指导员手册 世界卫生组织 : 日内瓦

12 PFA guide and facilitation manual adapted for the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Eb

13 PFA for ALL 2015 Hong Kong Disaster Preparedness Scoping Study need for more training opportunities in PFA Among 676 healthcare workers interviewed, more than one third expressed a desire for training in PFA, deeming it a greater need than any other area of professional training. Leaning J, Balsari S., Chan, E., Hsiao, K., Kashyap, S., Lam, D. Lam, R., Newnham, E., Patrick, K., Pham, P., Yeung, M. Disaster preparedness in Hong Kong: a scoping study

14 integrated plan for emergency preparedness and response Formal Response Plan Disaster Mental Health as specialty Auxiliary community capacity Monitoring, evaluation, and research

15 Thank You Psychological Support Service Hong Kong Red Cross Tel:

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