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ReviewWorld journal of critical care medicine2025

Psychological first aid in the intensive care unit.

Traci N Adams, Carol S North

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Review in World journal of critical care medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Traci N AdamsDepartment of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United States. traci.adams@utsouthwestern.edu.
Carol S NorthDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The Altshuler Center for Education and Research at Metrocare Services, Dallas, TX 75390, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intensive care unit (ICU) is a stressful environment for patients and their families as well as healthcare workers (HCWs). Distress, which is a negative emotional or physical response to a stressor is common in the ICU. Psychological first aid (PFA) is a form of mental health assistance provided in the immediate aftermath of disasters or other critical incidents to address acute distress and re-establish effective coping and functioning. The aim of this narrative review is to inform the development and utilization of PFA by HCWs in the ICU to reduce the burden of distress among patients, caregivers, and HCWs. This is the first such review to apply PFA to the ICU setting.

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DistressIntensive care unitMental healthPsychological first aidStress

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PMID40491880
PMCPMC11891850

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