Disaster Mental Health Intervention Describes the reasons why post-disaster mental health intervention is important and also describes the various intervention categories Disaster Mental Health Planning Discusses how health departments should plan ahead to provide post-disaster mental health assistance Introduction to Mental Health and Disaster Preparedness Introduces the topics of disaster mental health services, mental health surge capacity, and psychiatric first aid Mental Health Consequences of Disaster Examines disaster's impact on various parts of mental function and personality Psychological First Aid Competencies for Public Health Workers Describes the change in public health policies regarding psychological first aid after September 11, 2001 Psychology and Crisis Response Discusses two areas of crisis response (taking care of your personal mental health needs and addressing the mental health needs of public health responders) and concludes by examining the mental health threat of terrorism Psychology of Terrorism Examines terrorism's sources and influence and includes a discussion of terrorism's historical impact Roots of Terrorism Describes how government public health agencies and public health workers will function after a disaster and discusses the many duties that sanitarians must perform after a disaster Self-Care Examines the different types of stress and provides numerous methods to reduce personal stress |