References

IMHI Publications

1. Mental First Aid as Missing Public-Health Infrastructure. A White Paper on Early, Universal Mental-Health Intervention. Second Aid, January 2026.

   https://www.secondaid.com/whitepaper.pdf

2. Workplace Mental Health & Safety Assessment: Support & Response. WMHSA, document WMHSA-SRA-03.

   https://wmhsa.org

Psychological Foundations

3. World Health Organization, War Trauma Foundation and World Vision International. Psychological First Aid: Guide for Field Workers. WHO, 2011.

   https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241548205

4. Wang L, Norman I, Edleston V, Oyo C, Leamy M. The effectiveness and implementation of Psychological First Aid as a therapeutic intervention after trauma: an integrative review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 2024;25(4):2638–2656.

   https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380231221492

5. Morgan AJ, Ross A, Reavley NJ. Systematic review and meta-analysis of Mental Health First Aid training: effects on knowledge, stigma, and helping behaviour. PLOS ONE. 2018;13(5):e0197102.

   https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197102

6. Zaccaro A, Piarulli A, Laurino M, et al. How breath-control can change your life: a systematic review on psycho-physiological correlates of slow breathing. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2018;12:353.

   https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00353

7. Lieberman MD, Eisenberger NI, Crockett MJ, Tom SM, Pfeifer JH, Way BM. Putting feelings into words: affect labeling disrupts amygdala activity in response to affective stimuli. Psychological Science. 2007;18(5):421–428.

   https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01916.x

8. Assaz DA, Tyndall I, Oshiro CKB, Roche B. A process-based analysis of cognitive defusion in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Behavior Therapy. 2023;54(6):1020–1035.

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.06.003

9. Buhle JT, Silvers JA, Wager TD, et al. Cognitive reappraisal of emotion: a meta-analysis of human neuroimaging studies. Cerebral Cortex. 2014;24(11):2981–2990.

   https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bht154

10. Snider L. Psychological First Aid: Five Year Retrospective (2011–2016). Church of Sweden.

    https://lisboa.cruzvermelha.pt/images/pdf/pfa-5-year-retrospective-report-final.pdf

11. Langlands RL, Jorm AF, Kelly CM, Kitchener BA. First aid for depression: a Delphi consensus study with consumers, carers and clinicians. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2008;105(1–3):157–165.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2007.05.004

Workplace Health & Safety

12. Health and Safety Executive. Work-related stress and how to manage it: Stress risk assessment.

    https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/risk-assessment.htm

13. Health and Safety Executive. Management Standards for work-related stress.

    https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/standards/overview.htm

14. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Section 5.

    https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/oshact/Section5-duties

15. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Elements necessary for a violation of the General Duty Clause.

    https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/2003-12-18-1

16. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Workplace Stress: Understanding the Problem.

    https://www.osha.gov/workplace-stress/understanding-the-problem

Prevalence & Help-Seeking

17. Kessler RC, Chiu WT, Jin R, Ruscio AM, Shear K, Walters EE. The epidemiology of panic attacks, panic disorder, and agoraphobia in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2006;63(4):415–424.

    https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.63.4.415

18. American Psychological Association. Public Attitudes Toward Mental Health. APA, 2025.

    https://www.apa.org/pubs/reports/mental-health-attitudes

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