005 – Psychological First Aid

Monday, 19th September 2016 (4pm-7pm)

Overview:
When terrible things happen in our city/country, we want to reach out to help those who are affected. This workshop introduces Psychological First Aid (PFA), which means providing humane, supportive and practical help to those who have suffered. This is based on a guide prepared by the World Health Organization and includes both, psychological and social support.

This workshop will help you understand what and how to say and do for people who are very distressed. It will also give you information on how to approach a difficult situation safely (for yourselves and others) and not to cause harm by your actions.
Please note that the theme for World Mental Health Day on 8th October 2016 is also “Psychological First Aid”.

Please register!

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Identify how people respond to trauma
2. Define what PFA is, and what it is not?
3. Act on principles of PFA (Prepare, Look, Listen and Link)
4. Provide support (Do’s & Don’ts)
5. Discuss the ethical Do’s & Don’ts of PFA

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Target Audience

• Health professionals
• Humanitarian workers
• Students/Teachers
• Those exposed to mental health problems
• Members of civil society

Facilitator
1. Dr Asma Humayun is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and has over 20 years of academic and clinical experience. This also includes complex psychiatric interventions, capacity building for mental health resource, medical education & service development. She has been an undergraduate and postgraduate trainer at Rawalpindi Medical College for 18 years. She is the author of a textbook of Behavioural Sciences, which has been approved by the Higher Education Commission for undergraduate and postgraduate medical training in the country. She also has extensive experience of working as a consultant for the WHO as a psychosocial advisor. She is part of the WHO working group for revising mhGAP training package over the last two years. In addition, she is also a member of the WHO working groups for revising stress-related disorders for ICD 11. She has a special interest in integrating mental health into primary care and establishing trauma focused services. More recently, she led a Mental Health & Psycho-social initiative for the IDPs in Bannu District. On behalf of International Medical Corps, she was the consultant and master trainer for the training primary care physicians in Bannu district.

2. Dr Israr ul Haq is a fellow of the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Pakistan since 2012. He graduated from Rawalpindi Medical College and completed his postgraduate psychiatric training from the Institute of Psychiatry, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi. He is currently working as a consultant psychiatrist at KRL hospital, Islamabad.
He has also been working at Meditrina for the past three years offering clinical and counselling services; supervising postgraduate students of psychology; and been actively involved in mental health trainings. He is also a visiting faculty at Department of Professional Psychology, Bahria University, Islamabad.
His interests include psychosocial interventions both, in routine clinical care and following a humanitarian crisis; and training non-specialists to integrate mental health services into primary care. Besides the professional interests, he is a literature enthusiast.
Registration
Registration fee: Rs 2000
For Students: Rs 1000
Register Here

Last date for registration is 15th September 2016

Work Plan

1. Introduction
2. What is Psychological first aid (PFA) (Large group discussion)
3. Who, where, when of PFA (Small group activity)
4. Action principles of Psychological first aid (Presentation)
5. Case scenarios (Small group activity)
6. Good Communication Exercise (Role play)
7. Ethical Do’s and Don’ts (Small group discussion)
8. Caring for yourselves (Large Group Discussion)
9. Q&A and Feedback