60,000 Disaster Victims Speak: Part II. Summary and Implications of the Disaster Mental Health Research
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- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Guilford Publications in Psychiatry: Interpersonal & Biological Processes
- Vol. 65 (3), 240-260
- https://doi.org/10.1521/psyc.65.3.240.20169
Abstract
On the basis of the literature reviewed in Part I of this two-part series (Norris, Friedman, Watson, Byrne, Diaz, and Kaniasty, this volume), the authors recommend early intervention following disasters, especially when the disaster is associated with extreme and widespread damage to property, ongoing financial problems for the stricken community, violence that resulted from human intent, and a high prevalence of trauma in the form of injuries, threat to life, and loss of life. Meeting the mental health needs of children, women, and survivors in developing countries is particularly critical. The family context is central to understanding and meeting those needs. Because of the complexity of disasters and responses to them, interagency cooperation and coordination are extremely important elements of the mental health response. Altogether, the research demands that we think ecologically and design and test societal- and community-level interventions for the population at large and conserve scarce clinical resources for those most in need.Keywords
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