In the article Psychological First Aid: Mental Health Care After Hurricane Sandy by Craig L Katz, M.D. and Lloyd I Sederer, M.D. they discussed the treatment technique of Psychological First Aid. Psychological First Aid or PFA, is treatment for individuals who have very recently gone through a traumatic event with the intention of giving survivors what they need in that moment. To determine what is needed in the moment, the survivors of the natural disaster need to state what they have and do not have. This particular type of therapy was designed looking at the types of intervention done for 9/11 survivors and assuring that what went wrong with those therapies are not replicated. While the authors do address the similarities of PFA with psychological
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However, there is very little about either one of those things in relation to each other which is crucial. The article says what psychological desensitization is, but leaves out information that suggests that Psychological First Aid is such. The way the information is presented in the article speaks about PFA in a very positive light and addresses only the exceptional intentions. While the intentions of this therapy may be positive, the outcome of this nature of therapy can be very harmful to those who receive it. One who is uninformed about the great deal of detriment that psychological debriefing can cause would most likely see this type of therapy as a benefit. Articles of this nature cause people to believe that they have a correct understanding, when they truly do not. When discussing this kind of therapy it sounds like it would be very beneficial, therefore anyone who is being posed this type of therapy for use would not know any better than to use it. The nature of this popular news article leads people to believe that PFA is a very popular and helpful form of therapy both of which are not true. This article is written by doctors, another reason why one would, more likely than not, just blindly read it and think that they are informed. Lastly, individuals need to assess the validity of the type of news that they are reading to assure that they are not receiving information that could be detrimental to their health or the health of
However, there is very little about either one of those things in relation to each other which is crucial. The article says what psychological desensitization is, but leaves out information that suggests that Psychological First Aid is such. The way the information is presented in the article speaks about PFA in a very positive light and addresses only the exceptional intentions. While the intentions of this therapy may be positive, the outcome of this nature of therapy can be very harmful to those who receive it. One who is uninformed about the great deal of detriment that psychological debriefing can cause would most likely see this type of therapy as a benefit. Articles of this nature cause people to believe that they have a correct understanding, when they truly do not. When discussing this kind of therapy it sounds like it would be very beneficial, therefore anyone who is being posed this type of therapy for use would not know any better than to use it. The nature of this popular news article leads people to believe that PFA is a very popular and helpful form of therapy both of which are not true. This article is written by doctors, another reason why one would, more likely than not, just blindly read it and think that they are informed. Lastly, individuals need to assess the validity of the type of news that they are reading to assure that they are not receiving information that could be detrimental to their health or the health of