An Australian disaster: the 1983 bushfires.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1990Description: 13p., 48 refsReport number: CommercialSubject: Disaster psychologySubject: Disaster recoverySubject: Disaster researchSubject: Emergency medical servicesSubject: Mental healthSubject: One of the more important results of research on the psychological effects of the Ash Wednesday bushfires has been to focus attention on the inadequate diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in a variety of groups within the Australian community. The author examines two epidemiological studies which were used to define the frequency of mental disorders attributable to disaster. He also looks at the clinical services required by the various victims; and organization and planning issues involved in providing a mental health service to disaster victims. His conclusions were that a review of services that followed the bushfires led to a recognition that a number of inadequacies existed in dealing with victims of a variety of traumas. He suggests that the development of a system to deal with the health needs of these groups would do much to set in place the skills and organizational links necessary to improve management of the mental health needs of disaster victims
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Reprinted from International Journal of Mental Health; 1990; Vol 19 No 2; pp36-47
Journal Article
Disaster psychology
Disaster recovery
Disaster research
Emergency medical services
Mental health
One of the more important results of research on the psychological effects of the Ash Wednesday bushfires has been to focus attention on the inadequate diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in a variety of groups within the Australian community. The author examines two epidemiological studies which were used to define the frequency of mental disorders attributable to disaster. He also looks at the clinical services required by the various victims; and organization and planning issues involved in providing a mental health service to disaster victims. His conclusions were that a review of services that followed the bushfires led to a recognition that a number of inadequacies existed in dealing with victims of a variety of traumas. He suggests that the development of a system to deal with the health needs of these groups would do much to set in place the skills and organizational links necessary to improve management of the mental health needs of disaster victims
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