Mental health response to community disasters: A fact sheet for disaster mental health planners, responders, and providers

Individual Author(s) / Organizational Author
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Publisher
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Date
March 2023
Abstract / Description

This fact sheet discusses general principles for disaster mental health response, including the importance of identifying survivors with psychiatric disorders and providing them treatment. It also introduces frameworks for disaster mental health response, and case identification for posttraumatic stress disorder, the most common psychiatric disorder after disasters. (author description) #P4HEwebinarJune2024

Public URL
https://dcc.missouri.edu/assets/doc/dcc_community_mh_response_factsheet.pdf
Copyright
Yes
Artifact Type
Application
Reference Type
Policy brief/paper
P4HE Authored
No
Topic Area
Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing » Mental/Behavioral Health
Social/Structural Determinants » Global Health » Disasters