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Bainbridge Prepares: Psychological First Aid for Parents

The Bainbridge Prepares Psychological First Aid Team has just released a PFA video targeting parents during a crisis. The video reviews the basic concepts of Psychological First Aid, discusses effective and ineffective coping strategies, and goes over…

The Bainbridge Prepares Psychological First Aid Team has just released a PFA video targeting parents during a crisis. The video reviews the basic concepts of Psychological First Aid, discusses effective and ineffective coping strategies, and goes over the signs of stress in children.

The Bainbridge Prepares Psychological First Aid Team created this video to help parents during the pandemic and during any crisis.


ABOUT LINDA SEMLITZ MD. Linda maintains a private practice in Child Psychiatry on Bainbridge Island. She lived and worked in Asia from 1995 – 2014. During that time she worked as a Medical Director and Director of Medical Affairs for Merck, Sharpe and Dohme, a pharmaceutical non-profit mental health organization in Tokyo that provided mental health treatment and disaster response after the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. She currently serves on the board of the Global Fund for Mental Health. She joined the AHB Board of Directors in 2017.