What is Psychological Emergency? 20. What is psychological emergency?

It should be a psychological stress response. It is a psychological reaction to an unexpected event.

Simply understood, it is a dog jumping off a wall.

The noun explanation of psychological stress is:

Psychological stress refers to the dynamic balance "system" in which biological, psychological, and social factors such as an individual's life events, cognitive evaluation, coping styles, social support, personality characteristics, and psychosomatic reactions interact.

Or according to the process model of stress, it can be defined as the "process" of an individual's role under stress, through the influence or mediation of intermediate factors such as cognition, coping, social support, and personality characteristics, and finally manifests itself as a psychophysiological response.

Significance of Psychological Stress:

Psychological stress theory, especially the "systems model", enables people to realize that individuals actually live in a dynamic equilibrium of multiple factors of stress. The relationship between the multifactorial process of psychological stress and health is consistent with the relationship between psychosocial factors and disease and health.

Adverse behaviors closely related to diseases and adverse reactions to social stress can be studied under the framework of psychological stress theory. With the increasing industrialization and modernization, competition and interpersonal relationships have become more and more complex, and people feel the increased pressure of Ye Hengchun's life.

The level of psychological stress is also increasing, and the resulting psychological and physical reactions and the formation of symptoms and signs are becoming the source of physical discomfort and mental suffering of contemporary people. This holistic view of health and disease can help people make health decisions and shift the paradigm of medicine.

Psychological first aid is used to alleviate the initial discomfort caused by a catastrophic event and to enhance short- and long-term functional adaptability.

Four basic standards.

Consistent with research evidence on post-disaster risk and resilience.

It can be applied and implemented in real situations.

Consider different stages of development across all age groups.

Flexibility to interpret according to cultural context.

The object of psychological first aid.

Psychological first aid is suitable for children, young people, parents (guardians), adults and families who have experienced disasters and terrorist events.

Also for emergency responders and other disaster relief workers.

Who will provide psychological first aid.

First Aid Response Teams, Command Centers, Emergency Medical Personnel, School Crisis Response Teams, Religious Groups, Community Emergency Response Teams, Medical Teams, Communist Youth Leagues, Militia, Volunteers, Troops, and Other Disaster Relief Agencies.

Time for psychological first aid.

Psychological first aid is a supportive measure that is used immediately after a disaster or terrorist event.

The location of psychological first aid.

It can be implemented in a variety of different settings Public shelters, special shelters, hospitals and medical stations, emergency centers or first aid stations (e.g. emergency rooms), rest centers for rescuers, emergency command centers, post-disaster ** stations, post-disaster food stations, disaster assistance centers, family reception and help centers, homes, commercial banks and other community institutions, etc.

The policy of implementation (10 points).

1.Ask simple, polite questions.

2.Make sure there is no intrusion on survivors before contact.

3.Be mentally prepared for possible rejection or transitional approach.

4.Be patient, responsive, and sensitive when talking.

5.Slow down and listen.

6.Point out the positive behaviors they have done in the process of survival.

7.Be direct with your message.

8.Age-appropriate information should be given.

9.Speak directly to the survivors.

10.Keep in mind the introduction and overview of the goals of psychological rescue.

Behaviors to avoid (seven don'ts).

1.Don't make assumptions.

2.Don't assume that all survivors are traumatized.

3.Don't get sick.

4.Don't treat survivors with refuting or favoring.

5.Don't assume that all survivors want to talk to you.

6.Don't ask for details of the disaster.

7.Do not speculate or provide false information that has not been verified.