The delivery of mental health services in community disasters : an outline of research findings.
Material type: TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1981Description: 9p., 18 refsSubject: The objectives of this paper are to establish the nature and the parameters of the efforts to provide mental health services in catastrophes and major stress situations. More specifically, and primarily through extensive field studies at the community and organizational levels, we sought to answer two questions: (1) what are the conditions associated with the delivery of the mental health services in disasters? That is, what are the pre, trans- and post-disaster circumstances and factors that affect the providing of disaster-related mental health services (2) What are the characteristics of the mental health services provided in disasters? By whom, what, for whom, where, how and when are services offered and delivered?Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Reprinted from Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 9., 1981, pp195-203
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The objectives of this paper are to establish the nature and the parameters of the efforts to provide mental health services in catastrophes and major stress situations. More specifically, and primarily through extensive field studies at the community and organizational levels, we sought to answer two questions: (1) what are the conditions associated with the delivery of the mental health services in disasters? That is, what are the pre, trans- and post-disaster circumstances and factors that affect the providing of disaster-related mental health services (2) What are the characteristics of the mental health services provided in disasters? By whom, what, for whom, where, how and when are services offered and delivered?
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