Coordinating private and public mental health resources in a disaster.
Material type: TextPublication details: [Calif.] : Select Press, c1993Description: [6 p.]Subject(s): DDC classification:- 616.85210651 21
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Reprinted from: Handbook of post-disaster interventions. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality (Special Issue); vol. 8, no. 5; p. 255-60
To assist disaster mental health professionals in effectively coordinating private with public resources, this paper discusses 1) the possibility of new ways of thinking and acting, 2) committing and channeling people's energy early, 3) brief, focused training programs, 4) respect for, and transcending, traditional 'turf' boundaries, 5) sophisticated computer and telephone systems, and 6) private/public debriefing sessions
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