An integrated program to train local health care providers to meet post-disaster mental health needs

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ID14965600
AuthorsStan Kutcher (0000-0002-9646-3063, Dalhousie University, corresponding author), Sonia Chehil (Dalhousie University), Thorne Roberts (St. George's University)
Year2005
Volume18
Issue4-5
Pages338-345
Publication date2005-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s1020-49892005000900014
PMID16354431
OpenAlexW2124769419
SciELOS1020-49892005000900014
LanguageEN
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This paper describes a post-disaster mental health training program developed by the International Section of the Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada) and delivered in Grenada after Hurricane Ivan struck the country in September 2004. This train-the-trainer program used an integrated community health model to help local health care providers develop the necessary skills for the identification and evidenced-based treatment of mental disorders occurring after a natural disaster. The approach also provided for ongoing, sustainable mental health care delivered in the community setting, as advocated by the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization. This approach is in contrast to the largely ineffective and costly vertical whole-population psychosocial counseling activities that have often been used in the Caribbean following natural disasters

Environmental health · Geography · Health care · Identification (biology · Mental health · Natural disaster · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Trainer · Computer Science · Disaster Response and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Resilience and Mental Health

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