Academic/State/Federal Collaborations and the Improvement of Practices in Disaster Mental Health Services and Evaluation

Watson, Patricia; Ruzek, Josef I.

doi:10.1007/s10488-009-0212-4

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“…It is important to recognize symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, and depression, because these disorders are treatable 282930. Our study has shown that the mental health of survivors of natural disasters is compromised and additional resources to manage mental health should be included in the immediate response to disasters, in particular the availability of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and mental health workers 3132. This study points to factors that are closely associated with PTSD in this population, particularly separation from family members, multiple traumas, and female gender.…”

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Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress Among Survivors of the 2005 Pakistani Earthquake

Hashmi¹,

Petraro²,

Rizzo³

et al. 2011

Disaster med. public health prep.

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ABSTRACTObjectives: To assess and compare the prevalence of psychological morbidity among survivors of the 2005 northern Pakistan earthquake from Azad Kashmir and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP).Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among randomly sampled survivors (N = 361) of the earthquake living in camps at the time of the interview, approximately 6 months after the earthquake.Results: The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in the total sample was 51.5% and the prevalence of individuals who received positive scores on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL) was 75%. The prevalence rates for anxiety and depression symptoms were 77.3% and 70.9%, respectively. The prevalence in Azad Kashmir was 57.9% for PTSD and 79.8% for positive HSCL, and NWFP had 41.3% PTSD and 67.4% positive HSCL. Study subjects from Azad Kashmir were approximately 2 times as likely to have PTSD or a positive HSCL when compared to subjects from NWFP (odds ratio 1.95, confidence interval 1.27-3.0; P = .0024) and (odds ratio 1.91, confidence interval 1.18-3.1; P = .0085), respectively.Conclusions: Nearly half of the northern Pakistan earthquake survivors had symptoms of PTSD. Six months after the incident, more than three-fourths exhibited symptoms of an anxiety disorder.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2011;5:293–299)

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confidence: 86%

Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress Among Survivors of the 2005 Pakistani Earthquake

Hashmi¹,

Petraro²,

Rizzo³

et al. 2011

Disaster med. public health prep.

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“…The need for schools to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a variety of crises has received increased attention from researchers, school personnel, and legislators (e.g., Abramson, Garfield, & Redlener, 2007;Dinkes, Kemp, & Baum, 2009;Gill & Gershon, 2010;Watson & Ruzek, 2009). Despite this focus, the U.S. Government Accountability Office's (GAO, 2007) examination of school emergency management planning found that most schools are struggling to balance priorities for educating students with other administrative responsibilities.…”

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Development, Evaluation, and Future Directions of the PREPaRE School Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training Curriculum

Brock

Nickerson

Reeves

et al. 2011

Journal of School Violence

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“…The Louisiana Spirit SCCS program provides a model of strong collaboration among academic, state, and federal agencies to improve disaster mental health training, services, and evaluation. This partnership represented an effort to close the gap between research, policy, and practice that incorporated state-of-the-art training, the use of evidence-informed interventions, systematic evaluation, and feedback mechanisms to promote quality assurance (Watson & Ruzek, 2009). The current study represents one of the first efforts to evaluate provider perceptions and satisfaction with a postdisaster service delivery model.…”

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Louisiana Spirit Specialized Crisis Counseling: Counselor perceptions of training and services.

Hansel¹,

Osofsky²,

Steinberg³

et al. 2011

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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This study examined perceptions of training, supervision, consultation, services provided, and role satisfaction among program personnel (N = 93) providing assistance to children, adults, and families affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita through the Louisiana Spirit Specialized Crisis Counseling Services (SCCS) Program. Findings indicated that there was uniform high satisfaction with the training, supervision, and consultation, which included the skills-based intervention, Skills for Psychological Recovery, provided by the SCCS Practice Directorate that included staff from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and the National Center for PTSD. Counselors also made high ratings of their perceptions of the helpfulness of services to survivors and overall satisfaction with their work. The vast majority of counselors, who had themselves been seriously affected by the hurricanes, indicated that their own hurricane-related experiences and losses were extremely helpful to them in relating to survivors and providing services. Fully 90% indicated that they had significantly benefited professionally from their work and would be interested in providing SCCS services in the event of another disaster. Provider perceptions of personal strengths derived from the hurricanes were associated with high levels of SCCS program satisfaction and conversely, difficulties providing SCCS services were associated with lower levels of program satisfaction. Multiple regression analyses indicated that provider's perceived negative impact of the hurricane on survivors predicted increased perceived helpfulness of SCCS provider trainings and services to survivors.

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Academic/State/Federal Collaborations and the Improvement of Practices in Disaster Mental Health Services and Evaluation

Cited by 10 publications

References 24 publications

Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress Among Survivors of the 2005 Pakistani Earthquake

Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress Among Survivors of the 2005 Pakistani Earthquake

Development, Evaluation, and Future Directions of the PREPaRE School Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training Curriculum

Louisiana Spirit Specialized Crisis Counseling: Counselor perceptions of training and services.

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