HSN—helping in mental distress: a new emotion focused psychological first aid program

HSN—helping in mental distress: a new emotion focused psychological first aid program

Psychological first aid programs aim to train lay people to help others who are experiencing a mental health crisis or developing mental health problems. The current article introduces the new German psychological first aid training program HSN. The acronym HSN stands for “Helfen in Seelischer Not”...

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Main Authors:	Marina Scheele, Sandra Appel, Isabelle Rausch, Martin Schecklmann, Jakob Klein, Susanne Staudinger, Roger Schmidt, Peter M. Kreuzer, Berthold Langguth
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-06-01
Series:	Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:	psychological first aid mental health HSN interpersonal emotion regulation emotion-focused helping in mental distress
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1589608/full
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