Disaster Mental Health Services: A Guidebook for Clinicians and Administrators
by Bruce H. Young, Julian D. Ford, Josef I. Ruzek, Matthew J. Friedman, and Fred D. Gusman
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Table of Contents
Manual sections and the appendices
are available in PDF format.
| Cover (PDF) |
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Introduction (PDF)
Defining
Disaster
How
This Guidebook Can Help
Disaster
Mental Health Services
Emergency
& Early Post-Impact Phase Administrative Tasks
Restoration
Phase Administrative Tasks
Key
Characteristics & Helping Behaviors of Disaster Mental
Health Workers
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1
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3
4
8
9
10
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Section I Stress Reactions of Survivors (PDF)
Overview
Factors
Associated with Disaster Stress
Extreme
Peritraumatic Stress Reactions
Disaster
Experiences Associated with Chronic PTSD
Other
Factors Associated with Chronic PTSD
Prevalence
of PTSD Following Disaster
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13
13
14
20
25
26
27
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Section II Helping Survivors (PDF)
Emergency
Phase On- & Off-Site Interventions
Summary
of Basic Principles of Emergency Care
Early
Post-Impact Phase
Restoration
Phase Interventions
Special
Populations
Older
Adults
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29
30
36
37
67
96
104
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Section III Helping the Helpers (PDF)
Stressors
Associated with Disaster Work
Stress
Reactions of Disaster Workers
Who
Are Emergency Workers
The
Rescue Work Culture
Guidelines
to Consulting with Command Staff and Rescue Team Managers
at the Scene of Operations
Defusing
Interventions
Teaching
Relaxation Techniques to Disaster Workers
Debriefing
Rescue Workers
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109
110
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112
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118
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Section IV Helping Organizations (PDF)
Five
Key Steps to Organizational Disaster Mental Health Consulting
Organizational
Stressors Associated with Disaster
Organizational
Response Plan
Pre-Disaster
Organization Preparedness
Establishing
Disaster Mental Health Services
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126
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129
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Section V Disaster Mental Health
Services
Team and Program Development (PDF)
Team
Formation & Selection
Staff
Training
Development
of Standard Operating Procedures
Stressors
Associated with Disaster Mental Health Work
Disaster
Mental Health Work Strategies for Self-Awareness,
Self-Care, & Stress Management
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130
131
132
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135
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Section VI Disaster Mental Health
Services:
The Big Picture (PDF)
National
Disaster Medical System
Disaster
Declaration Process
Federal
Response Plan
Federal,
State, Local, Non-Profit, and Volunteer Agencies
Offering Disaster Mental Health Services
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| Appendix A - List of Acronyms/Abbreviations (PDF)
Appendix B - Resources (PDF)
Appendix C - PTSD Screening Protocol for
Primary Care Settings (PDF)
Appendix D - 2-Day Training General Outline (PDF)
Appendix E - References & Recommended Reading (PDF)
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