Showing posts with label Psychological First Aid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psychological First Aid. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 05, 2015

WHO/UNHCR: New Mental Health Guidance For Humanitarian Emergencies

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  # 10,013   Over the years one of the topics we’ve returned to often has been the long-term psychological ( and physical ) effe...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

TEPCO Reports New Leak In Fukushima Plant

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Photo credit IAEA     # 7581   It’s been nearly 2 &1/2 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of March 2011...
Wednesday, August 07, 2013

WHO: Guidelines For Post-Trauma Mental Health Care

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Credit WHO   # 7548     We’ve discussed some of the issues surrounding post-trauma mental health here in the past, including: ...
Monday, January 30, 2012

Surviving A Different Kind Of Aftershock

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      # 6109     FEMA and Ready.gov , along with organizations like the American Red Cross ( and indeed, this blog ), spend a ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Psychological First Aid: The WHO Guide For Field Workers

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      # 5760   I’ve written about post-disaster psychological first aid ( PFA ) several times in the past, including in Post Disa...
Saturday, August 06, 2011

Post Disaster Stress & Suicide Rates

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    # 5739     Nearly 5 months after the triple horrors of a deadly 9.0 earthquake, a series of massive coastal tsunamis, and a...
Monday, June 27, 2011

PTSD Awareness Day

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    # 5653   Today, June 27th, has been designated National PTSD Awareness Day by the Congress of the United States.   P...