Dr. Moshe Farchi
Israel
Dr. Moshe Farchi’s research focuses on psychological first aid and acute stress reactions, with particular attention to the SIX Cs model, which he developed. His work delves into resilience models, exploring the physiological and neurological aspects of resilience, as well as strategies for PTSD risk reduction and secondary traumatization. Dr. Farchi is also involved in the study of humanitarian aid, aiming to improve interventions and support for those affected by crises and trauma.
Professional experience
Dr. Moshe Farchi is the Head of the Social Work Department at Tel-Hai Academic College and founder of the Stress, Trauma, and Resilience Studies Program, which trains students to provide psychological first aid in emergencies. He developed the SIX Cs model (מעש"ה) for immediate assistance, recognized by the Supreme Council for Mental Health and used by various Israeli agencies, including the IDF and Israel Police. Dr. Farchi also created the MaAH model for effective resilience.
He received the 2014 Social Workers Association Award and the "Resilience Badge" for his work during security escalations in southern Israel. His research, published in international journals, focuses on protocols for emotional first aid. He is a member of the Emergency Readiness Consortium at the University of Haifa and an advisor to the National Security Council on gender-based decision-making in emergencies.
In his reserve role, Dr. Farchi serves as a Mental Health Officer (Lieutenant Colonel) and Deputy Chief Psychologist at the Home Front Command, implementing protocols across the IDF and security forces. He also leads the Resilience Team in the Golan Rescue Unit and is a volunteer paramedic with Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah. Dr. Farchi has led humanitarian psychosocial assistance missions with Natan and is the president and co-founder of the International Center for Functional Resilience, promoting the MaSHAV model both in Israel and internationally.
Education
Dr. Moshe Farchi holds a BA from the University of Haifa, School of Social Work (1987). He earned an M.A. in Public Health from Hebrew University Jerusalem, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine (1992). He completed his Ph.D. at Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Social Science, School of Social Work (2003).
Israel
- Place of affiliation
Psychological First Aid
- Psychophysiological aspects of resiliency
- PTSD intervention & prevention
- Acute Stress reaction (ASR) and acute stress disorder (ASD)
- Farchi M.U., Pérez-González A, Azzollini SC and Gidron Y (2024) Editorial: Promoting and exploring the effectiveness of the psychological first aid approach. Front. Public Health 12:1475151. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1475151
- Farchi, M. U., Bathish, L., Hayut, N., Alexander, S., & Gidron, Y. (2024). Effects of a psychological first aid (PFA) based on the SIX Cs model on acute stress responses in a simulated emergency. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001724
- Zrihan-Weitzman, A., Merhav, I., Farchi, M., & Peled-Avram, M. (2023). Resilience as Mediator Between Two Restriction Stages of COVID-19 and Mental Distress. The International Journal of Community and Social Development, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/25166026231207984
- Gur, A., Peled- Avram, M., Itzchak, G., Megira, S., Reich, A., & Farchi, M. (2023) Perceived stress and secondary traumatization in social workers during Covid-19: The moderating effect of psychological capital and social work supervision. Journal of Social Work, 1-34
- Ratzon, A.; Farhi, M.;Ratzon, N.; Adini, B. Resilience at Work, Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Compassion Satisfaction of Social Workers Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 5500. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095500
- Mol, M. B. A., Strous, M. T. A., van Osch, F. H. M., Vogelaar, F. J., Barten, D. G., Farchi, M., Foudraine, N. A., & Gidron, Y. (2021). Heart-rate-variability (HRV) predicts outcomes in COVID-19. PLoS One. 16(10), e0258841. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258841. PMID: 34710127; PMCID: PMC8553073.
- Gidron, Y., Levy, E., Farchi, M., & Rapaport, C. (2021). Effects of an automatized psychological inoculation (PI) intervention on anxiety, resilience and adherence to COVID-19 recommendations. Psychology & Health, 26, 1-14. (IF 3.073, Q2, Citations 6)
- Peled Avram, M., Zrihan-Weitzman, A., Zilberberg, O., & Farchi, M. (2020). The lived experience of novice helpers as first responders in a shared war reality. Journal of Evidence Based Social Work. 18(1), 85-100. doi: 10.1080/26408066.2020.1814926. Epub 2020 Aug 28. PMID: 32856563.
- Svetlitzky, V., Farchi, M., Yehuda, B. A., & Adler, A. (2020). Witnessing acute stress reaction in team members. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001218
- Svetlitzky, V., Farchi, M., Ben Yehuda, A., Start, A. R., Levi, O., & Adler, A. B. (2020). YaHaLOM training in the military: Assessing knowledge, confidence, and stigma. Psychological Services., 17(2):151-159. doi: 10.1037/ser0000360. Epub 2019 May 23. PMID: 31120293
- Levy, E., Farchi, M., Gidron, Y., & Shahar,E. (2019). Psychological first aid through the ‘SIX Cs model’−an intervention with migrants on the move. Intervention,18(1), 71-77 .
- Svetlitzky, V., Farchi, M., Ben Yehuda, A., Adler, B. A. (2019). YaHaLOM: A rapid intervention for acute stress reactions in high-risk occupations. Military Behavioral Health. doi: 0.1080/21635781.2019.1664356
- Gidron, Y., Farchi, M., Eisenman, A., Husien, A., Berends, K., & Hubloue, I. (2018). Effects of a memory structuring plus vagal breathing intervention on acute stress reactions: Three controlled trials. Mental health and family medicine 13, 699-707
- Farchi, M., Bergman-Levy, T., Ben-Gershon, B., Ben Hirsch-Gornemann, M., Whiteson, A., & Gidron, Y. (2018). The SIX Cs model for immediate cognitive psychological first aid: from helplessness to active efficient coping. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience, 20(2), 1-12.
