Consultation in disasters.
Material type: TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1990Description: 13p., 47 refsSubject: Out of a growing awareness of the mental morbidity experienced by the victims of disasters and by rescue workers exposed to the aftermath of such events, there has been increasing recognition that mental health services have a role both in treating the victims of disaster and in the planning of disaster response strategies. Consultation and research have a symbolic role with respect to disasters. The burgeoning interest in this subject and the amount of international research that it has stimulated can only help put mental health consultancy in disasters on a firmer footingItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Reprinted from International Journal of Mental Health; 1990; Vol 19 No 1; pp109-120
Out of a growing awareness of the mental morbidity experienced by the victims of disasters and by rescue workers exposed to the aftermath of such events, there has been increasing recognition that mental health services have a role both in treating the victims of disaster and in the planning of disaster response strategies. Consultation and research have a symbolic role with respect to disasters. The burgeoning interest in this subject and the amount of international research that it has stimulated can only help put mental health consultancy in disasters on a firmer footing
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