PU Mental Illness and Disasters Emergency Preparedness Discussion
Description
Read the CDC report on Mental Illness and Disaster Preparedness found at http://cretscmhd.psych.ucla.edu/nola/Video/MHR?Governmentreports/1-Repsonding_to_Needs_Serious_Mental_Illness.pdf
References
Math, S., Nirmala, M., Moirangthem, S. and Kumar, N. (2015). Disaster management: Mental health perspective. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 37(3), p.261.
McFarlane, A. and Williams, R. (2012). Mental health services required after disasters: Learning from the lasting effects of disasters. Depression Research and Treatment, 2012, pp.1-13.
Roudini, J., Khankeh, H. and Witruk, E. (2017). Disaster mental health preparedness in the community: A systematic review study. Health Psychology Open, 4(1), p.205510291771130.
Discussion Board :-
Dealing with the mentally ill provides many challenges – clinical, social, emotional, etc.
Discuss the unique emergency preparedness needs of patients with emotional and psychiatric patients.
State why this is so difficult for us to manage.
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