Psychoeducation as a Response to Community Disaster

Howard, Jan; Goelitz, Ann

doi:10.1093/brief-treatment/mhh001

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“…Psycho-education was been a major response to terror-related community reactions (Howard & Goelitz, 2004). However, a review of the different materials revealed discrepancies in what is recommended to parents and teachers.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consequences of 9/11 and the war on terror on children’s and young adult’s mental health: A systematic review of the past 10 years

Rousseau

Jamil

Bhui³

et al. 2013

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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This mixed method systematic review appraises the individual, familial and systemic effect of 9/11 and the war on terror for majority and minority children and youth in North America. The results highlight the broad social consequences of the socio-political transformations associated with the terror context, which cannot be understood only through a trauma focus analysis. The social stereotypes transformed youth experiences of belonging and exclusion. The difference between the consequences for majority and minority youth suggests the need for a broader appraisal of this societal context to support the development of prevention and intervention intersectorial programs.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consequences of 9/11 and the war on terror on children’s and young adult’s mental health: A systematic review of the past 10 years

Rousseau

Jamil

Bhui³

et al. 2013

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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“…(3) social support [e.g., (3,(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)]; (4) problem solving [e.g., (46,47)]; (5) cognitive restructuring/control [e.g., (36,(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)]; (6) psychoeducation [e.g., (53)(54)(55)(56)]; (7) activity scheduling and behavioural activation [e.g., (7,46,48,57,58)]; (8) healthy living and self-care [e.g., (7,59)]; and (9) mindfulness [e.g., (26,28)].…”

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An Open Label Pilot Study of a Brief Psychosocial Intervention for Disaster and Trauma Survivors

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Background: In the aftermath of disaster, a large proportion of people will develop psychosocial difficulties that impair recovery, but for which presentations do not meet threshold criteria for disorder. Although these adjustment problems can cause high distress and impairment, and often have a trajectory towards mental health disorder, few evidence-based interventions are available to facilitate recovery. Objective: This paper describes the development and pilot testing of an internationally developed, brief, and scalable psychosocial intervention that targets distress and poor adjustment following disaster and trauma. Method: The Skills fOr Life Adjustment and Resilience (SOLAR) program was developed by an international collaboration of trauma and disaster mental health experts through an iterative expert consensus process. The resulting five session, skills-based intervention, deliverable by community-based or frontline health or disaster workers with little or no formal mental health training (known as coaches), was piloted with 15 Australian bushfire survivors using a pre-post with follow up, mixed-methods design study. Results: Findings from this pilot demonstrated that the SOLAR program was safe and feasible for non-mental health frontline workers (coaches) to deliver locally after two days

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“…Specific suggestions provided to staff during in-services and individual or unit debriefings are described in the following. Several suggestions were based on cognitive behavioral principles (e.g., thought-stopping; Bakker, 2009), coping strategies and reassurance offered in psycho-educational workshops (e.g., normalizing the reactions; Howard & Goelitz, 2004), or self-care strategies described in the ST/VT literature (e.g., exercise and relaxation strategies; Pearlman, 1999). Additional suggestions were included over time as the author and other staff members shared strategies that had been effective for them (e.g., voice mail messages with "to-do" lists; transition time from work to home).…”

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An Organizational Self-Care Model: Practical Suggestions for Development and Implementation

Maltzman¹

2011

The Counseling Psychologist

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Research has documented the negative effects of secondary exposure to trauma across a spectrum of professional and nonprofessional caregivers, including spouses of combat veterans, disaster first responders, mental health professionals, and other medical and social service personnel. Investigators have documented organizational factors that may contribute to these negative effects and have called for organizations to address the self-care needs of their staff. However, implementation of an organizational self-care model has not been described previously in the literature. This article describes a qualitative practice experience related to the implementation of a self-care model within a large social services organization. The goal is to stimulate further research in refining theory and interventions from a scientist-practitioner perspective.

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Psychoeducation as a Response to Community Disaster

Cited by 18 publications

References 16 publications

Consequences of 9/11 and the war on terror on children’s and young adult’s mental health: A systematic review of the past 10 years

Consequences of 9/11 and the war on terror on children’s and young adult’s mental health: A systematic review of the past 10 years

An Open Label Pilot Study of a Brief Psychosocial Intervention for Disaster and Trauma Survivors

An Organizational Self-Care Model: Practical Suggestions for Development and Implementation

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