Description: A practical guide for how to offer compassionate, effective support during times of emotional crisis and acute distress.
Brief description: George S. Everly, Jr, has served on the faculties of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Harvard University. He is a former member of the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness. He is a coauthor of A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response and Personality-Guided Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Review Quotes: "The extensive wisdom, clinical experience, and expertise of Drs. Everly and Lating are skillfully reflected in this well-structured and user-friendly manual. Compassionate and accessible, it is an essential resource for anyone looking to support others with confidence and care during life's most critical and vulnerable moments."-Kim Anderson, Eating Recovery Center/Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center "The Johns Hopkins Guide to Everyday Psychological First Aid is beautifully done. It is a masterful blend of the scholarly and the practical, [with] down-to-earth applications that can make a great difference for the everyday person in a state of psychological distress."-Jeffrey Mitchell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County "Two distinguished pioneers in disaster-related psychological first aid now extend their expertise to the everyday struggles of the human condition. In this volume, they present a clear, well-structured framework for easing acute distress across a wide spectrum of high-prevalence mental, emotional, and behavioral crises, thereby meeting an urgent societal need."-Oliver Lee McCabe III, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine