Crossing the river stone by stone

Developing an expanded school mental health network in post-quake Sichuan

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12914520
AutoresTimothy Sim (0000-0001-7478-474X, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen2
Número3
Páginas165-177
Fecha de publicación2009-10-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaChina Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1752-5098 • E-ISSN: 1752-5101
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17525090903211713
OpenAlexW2096029389
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas8

This paper chronicles and consolidates my personal experience and professional journey in China in the past one year after the 512 Sichuan earthquake erupted on 12 May 2008.Several summer children projects I helped to organize had evolved into an expanded school mental health network. As I critically reflect on the pertinent issues in developing professional school social work practice in Sichuan, I shall also outline the challenges and opportunities of relief work in China's context, drawing from the systems perspective. Maximizing available local resources and facilitating the natural development of support network seems to be a useful approach in disaster recovery work. Furthermore, the need for professionals, especially outsiders, to be respectful and be culturally sensitive is valuable

China · Context (archaeology · Disaster recovery · Geography · Medical emergency · Mental health · Natural disaster · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Quake (natural phenomenon · Relief Work · Sociology · Work (physics · Child Abuse and Trauma · Community Health and Development · Engineering · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Work