An integrated program to train local health care providers to meet post-disaster mental health needs Programa integrado para entrenar a proveedores de servicios sanitarios locales a satisfacer las necesidades de salud mental después de un desastre

An integrated program to train local health care providers to meet post-disaster mental health needs Programa integrado para entrenar a proveedores de servicios sanitarios locales a satisfacer las necesidades de salud mental después de un desastre

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...

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Main Authors: Stan Kutcher, Sonia Chehil, Thorne Roberts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2005-11-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:
Desastres
servicios de salud mental
servicios de urgencia psiquiátrica
trastornos por estrés postraumático
educación profesional
región del Caribe
Disasters
mental health services
emergency services
psychiatric
stress disorders
post-traumatic
education
professional
Caribbean region
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