Co-author: Jurie G. Rossouw
Resilience First Aid demonstrates significant promise as a proactive approach to building resilience, enhancing peer support skills, and contributing to suicide prevention efforts. Rossouw, J.G., Ruberto, M. (2024)
We discuss Resilience First Aid (RFA) and its development as a primary preventative program designed to enhance peer support skills, aiming to mitigate the escalating global suicide rates through a strength-based approach. This approach introduces a proactive method to tackle the dire impacts of suicide on society and the economy, focusing on building interpersonal skills and understanding suicide warning signs among peers.
