Disaster Mental Health Community Planning

Disaster Mental Health Community Planning is a step-by-step guide to developing mental health disaster plans, assisting communities to act on long-term resilience and recovery. As disasters continue to increase in severity and number, with 16% of survivors identified as potential PTSD victims if not promptly receiving care, this book is a critical read. Chapters outline how to prepare, develop, and implement a trauma-informed, collaborative process that prioritizes lasting emotional wellbeing along with survivors' short-term needs. The manual demonstrates how to form this partnership through effective communication, assess those individuals at greatest risk of distress, and deliver trauma-specific treatment. Readers will appreciate the book's practical, user-friendly approach, including case studies, checklists, and follow-up questions to better define goals. Cutting-edge treatment interventions are included along with basic information on trauma's impact on the brain and types and effects of human-caused and natural disasters to help readers make sound planning decisions. Accessible to mental-health providers, community leaders, organizations, and individuals alike, Disaster Mental Health Community Planning is a roadmap for anyone interested in delivering a trauma-informed mental health supplement to their community's medical disaster preparedness and response plan.

• | Author: Robert W. Schmidt|Sharon L. Cohen
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: April 08, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0367247267
• | ISBN-13: 9780367247263