Disruption of Existing Mental Health Treatments and Failure to Initiate New Treatment After Hurricane Katrina

Wang, Philip S.; Gruber, Michael J.; Powers, Richard E.; Schoenbaum, Michael; Speier, Anthony H.; Wells, Kenneth B.; Kessler, Ronald C.

doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.07030502

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“…During this stage, the PFA responder will connect survivors with needed services and inform them about available services that may be needed in the future. It is important that the PFA responder take direct steps to connect victims with mental health workers who can help them, as many victims will not seek mental health services on their own (Wang et al, 2008). …”

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Federal Disaster Mental Health Response and Compliance with Best Practices

McIntyre¹,

Goff

2011

Community Ment Health J

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The purpose of this study was to review state disaster mental health response plans and actual disaster mental health responses to examine not only adherence to identified disaster mental health best practices, but also to highlight procedures being performed during deployment of disaster mental health response teams. This research study was developed to gain a thorough understanding of disaster mental health response in both the planning and implementation phases. Interviews with three state disaster mental health officials were completed and a review of each state's disaster mental health state plan was completed. The study investigated the A phenomenological approach was used to identify themes in disaster mental health response that should be considered for future disaster mental health planning. Each state's disaster mental health plan varied in compliance to identified best practices; however, it was noted that all states were more compliant to best practices in their response than in the written state disaster mental health state plan.Several themes for disaster mental health responses were identified that were not previously fully addressed in the published best practices. Such themes addressed issues in disaster mental health teams and training, local disaster mental health response, communication, research and data collection, relationships with external organizations, and long-term recovery. A phenomenological approach was used to identify themes in disaster mental health response that should be considered for future disaster mental health planning. Each state's disaster mental health plan varied in compliance to identified best practices; however, it was noted that all states were more compliant to best practices in their response than in the written state disaster mental health state plan.Several themes for disaster mental health responses were identified that were not previously fully addressed in the published best practices. Such themes addressed issues in disaster mental health teams and training, local disaster mental health response, communication, research and data collection, relationships with external organizations, and long-term recovery.This research may serve as a guide for those developing disaster mental health plans and encourage further considerations in disaster mental health response.vi

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Federal Disaster Mental Health Response and Compliance with Best Practices

McIntyre¹,

Goff

2011

Community Ment Health J

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“…This illustrates the lack of disaster preparedness even in countries with relatively better developed mental health services. 29 Several factors appear to determine mental health responses to natural disasters. Most of the literature in this area is from studies of post-disaster impact.…”

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Protecting Health from Climate Change

Ravich¹

2009

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Editorial An important health impact from climate change will be its influence on mental health of the affected populations. Indeed, more frequent and more intense extreme-weather events would trigger migration processes that could lead to loss of livelihoods and create tensions, with major psychosocial consequences. This issue is discussed in the seventh article. Maldives is one of the most vulnerable countries of our Region: it is threatened by sealevel rise and by the loss of drinking water reserves and food sources. The last article in this Special Issue presents the views of the Ministry of Health, Maldives on how the country is getting ready to address these major challenges.Regional Health Forum -Volume 12, Number 1, 2008 AbstractThis paper summarizes some of the main findings arising from the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) related to the protection of human health in a changing climate. The paper first discusses observed and projected changes in climate and their likely impacts on human health with the focus on South and South-East Asia, followed by a summary of key issues for adaptation, including field experiences of conducting climate-related health research. It also gives a brief overview of options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; adaptation and mitigation measures to protect human health from climate change; and linkages of these measures with broader sustainable development objectives. IntroductionThe IPCC carries out regular assessments of the scientific knowledge of the causes, observations and projections of climate change and its likely impacts, and of options to adapt to those changes and to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) was completed in 2007 and represents the most comprehensive report of current knowledge.The findings from the AR4 are of particular relevance to public health researchers and policy-makers as they represent increased knowledge about the potential impacts of climate change on human health, as well as improved understanding of the broader linkages between climate change and development issues. References in this article exclusively point to specific chapters and summaries from the IPCC AR4; additional primary literature references may be found in relevant chapters of the cited IPCC reports. 1 Observed changes in climate, their causes and effectsThe recent IPCC assessment (IPCC, 2007) concludes that evidence on warming of the climate system is unequivocal. This strong finding is based on multiple strands of evidence such as increases in global average surface temperature (about 0.74 °C over the past 100 years), rising global average sea level from thermal expansion of the oceans and melting of ice and snow, and concurrent decreases in the Northern Hemisphere snow cover. These observations are summarized in 1 The entire IPCC AR4 is available on the Internet at www.ipcc.ch. Institute, New Delhi, India † E-mail: nitish@teri.res.in 2 Regional Health Forum -Volume 12, Nu...

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“…Specific areas of investigation have included a school-based disaster recovery program for children (Walker, 2008), the precipitation of suicide (Kessler, Galea, Jones, & Parker, 2006), the disruption of mental health treatment (Wang et al, 2008), and the differences between people who were displaced and those who returned to New Orleans (Priebe, 2014). Analyses have been completed of leadership in the city (Gohl, Barclay, Vidaurri, Newby, & Arquette, 2015), the restructured education system (Lazarchik, 2015), the social capital and repopulation of New Orleans (Rackin & Weil, 2015), and tourism (Thomas, 2014;Vernet, 2015).…”

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