Disaster Mental Health Services: A Guidebook for Clinicians and Administrators // National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Introduction (HTML/PDF) Defining Disaster How This Guidebook Can Help Disaster Mental Health Services Emergency & Early Post-Impact Phase Administrative Tasks Restoration Phase Administrative Tasks Key Characteristics & Helping Behaviors of Disaster Mental Health Workers	1 1 3 4 8 9 10
Section I Stress Reactions of Survivors (HTML/PDF) Overview Factors Associated with Disaster Stress Extreme Peritraumatic Stress Reactions Disaster Experiences Associated with Chronic PTSD Other Factors Associated with Chronic PTSD Prevalence of PTSD Following Disaster	13 13 14 20 25 26 27
Section II Helping Survivors (HTML/PDF) Emergency Phase On- & Off-Site Interventions Summary of Basic Principles of Emergency Care Early Post-Impact Phase Restoration Phase Interventions Special Populations Older Adults	29 30 36 37 67 96 104
Section III Helping the Helpers (HTML/PDF) Stressors Associated with Disaster Work Stress Reactions of Disaster Workers Who Are Emergency Workers The Rescue Work Culture Guidelines to Consulting with Command Staff and Rescue Team Managers at the Scene of Operations Defusing Interventions Teaching Relaxation Techniques to Disaster Workers Debriefing Rescue Workers	108 109 110 111 112 113 115 117 118
Section IV Helping Organizations (HTML/PDF) Five Key Steps to Organizational Disaster Mental Health Consulting Organizational Stressors Associated with Disaster Organizational Response Plan Pre-Disaster Organization Preparedness Establishing Disaster Mental Health Services	124 125 126 126 128 129
Section V Disaster Mental Health Services Team and Program Development (HTML/PDF) Team Formation & Selection Staff Training Development of Standard Operating Procedures Stressors Associated with Disaster Mental Health Work Disaster Mental Health Work Strategies for Self-Awareness, Self-Care, & Stress Management	130 130 131 132 134 135
Section VI Disaster Mental Health Services: The Big Picture (HTML/PDF) National Disaster Medical System Disaster Declaration Process Federal Response Plan Federal, State, Local, Non-Profit, and Volunteer Agencies Offering Disaster Mental Health Services	138 139 140 141 142
Appendix A - List of Acronyms/Abbreviations (HTML/PDF) Appendix B - Resources (HTML/PDF) Appendix C - PTSD Screening Protocol for Primary Care Settings (HTML/PDF) Appendix D - 2-Day Training General Outline (HTML/PDF) Appendix E - References & Recommended Reading (HTML/PDF)	152 153 155 156 158

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Disaster Mental Health Services:
A Guidebook for Clinicians and Administrators

by Bruce H. Young, Julian D. Ford, Josef I. Ruzek, Matthew J. Friedman, and Fred D. Gusman

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