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Descriptor English: Psychological First Aid
Descriptor Spanish: Primeros Auxilios Psicológicos
Descriptor primeros auxilios psicológicos
Scope note: Estrategia de intervención psicosocial temprana utilizada durante o después de eventos vitales traumáticos tales como catástrofes, accidentes o ataques terroristas que causan efectos negativos en una persona o en la sociedad. Se centra en determinar las necesidades físicas y mentales básicas de las personas en eventos importantes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Primeiros Socorros Psicológicos
Descriptor French: Premiers secours psychologiques
Entry term(s): First Aid, Psychological
Tree number(s): F04.408.525.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000088782
Scope note: Early psychosocial intervention approach used during or after traumatic life events as disasters, accidents, terrorist attacks causing negative effects on individual and/or society. It focuses on determining basic physical and mental needs of individuals in major events.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Emergency Services, Psychiatric (1996-2021)
Public MeSH Note: 2022
History Note: 2022
DeCS ID: 59700
Unique ID: D000088782
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/07/06
Psychological First Aid - Preferred
Concept UI M000742285
Scope note Early psychosocial intervention approach used during or after traumatic life events as disasters, accidents, terrorist attacks causing negative effects on individual and/or society. It focuses on determining basic physical and mental needs of individuals in major events.
Preferred term Psychological First Aid
Entry term(s) First Aid, Psychological



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