The Psychiatric clinics of North America
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Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. · Sep 2013
First person: a mental health mission to post-earthquake El Salvador.
In this article the author excerpts and discusses salient quotes or moments from the journal he compiled while visiting El Salvador in February 2001 as head of Disaster Psychiatry Outreach (DPO) to assist survivors of a major earthquake. This case discussion of a single disaster mental health response exemplifies key issues related to both short and long term mental health service delivery to disaster affected communities.
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Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. · Sep 2013
The Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident: a triple disaster affecting the mental health of the country.
The Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 caused 2 other serious disasters: a tsunami and a nuclear power plant accident. A chronic shortage of mental health resources had been previously reported in the Tohoku region, and the triple disaster worsened the situation. ⋯ Japan now advocates using psychological first aid to educate first responders. This article extracts key lessons from relevant literature.