Disaster Mental Health Community Planning

<p><em>Disaster Mental Health Community Planning</em> is a step-by-step guide to developing mental health disaster plans assisting communities to act on long-term resilience and recovery. </p><p>As disasters continue to increase in severity and number with 16% of survivors identified as potential PTSD victims if they don't promptly receive care this book is a critical read. Chapters outline how to prepare develop and implement a trauma-informed collaborative process that prioritizes lasting emotional wellbeing along with survivors’ short-term needs. The manual demonstrates how to form this partnership through effective communication assess those individuals at greatest risk of distress and deliver trauma-specific treatment. Readers will appreciate the book’s practical user-friendly approach including case studies checklists and follow-up questions to better define goals. Cutting-edge treatment interventions are included along with basic information on trauma's impact on the brain and the types and effects of human-caused and natural disasters to help readers make sound planning decisions.</p><p>Accessible to mental-health providers community leaders organizations and individuals alike <i>Disaster Mental Health Community Planning </i>is a Road Map for anyone interested in delivering a trauma-informed mental health supplement to their community's medical disaster preparedness and response plan.</p>