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Volume 10, Issue 2
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We continue with this year's theme,
"Response," by highlighting the work of disaster behavioral health
responders. It is our hope that their stories from the field help you in your
own planning, response, and recovery efforts.
Special
Feature: Working Together in the Field: Traditional and Disaster Behavioral
Health Response to the Shooting of Greenland, New Hampshire, Police Chief and
Officers, an interview
with Paul Deignan, M.S.W., Disaster Behavioral Health Consultant/Trainer, and
Don McCullough, M.S., CMHC
We summarize an interview conducted with
traditional and disaster behavioral health responders where they share their
experiences responding to the fatal shooting of a police chief and the
wounding of several other officers in a small, close-knit community.
The
Work of a Psychiatry Disaster Responder, by Margaret Tompsett, M.D., Distinguished Life Fellow
of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
A disaster psychiatrist discusses her
experience responding to several large-scale events and the importance of
understanding the difference between disaster response and the traditional
tasks of one's professional discipline.
West,
Texas: Resiliency in Action, by
Chance Freeman, Disaster Behavioral Health Services (DBHS) Branch Manager;
Jennifer Reid, LMSW, DBHS Response Coordinator; Dana LaFayette, LPC, LP-S,
LCDC, Director of Crisis Services, Heart of Texas Region Mental Health and
Mental Retardation (MHMR) Center; and Molly Howard, LMSW, Program Manager,
Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center
The authors describe the disaster behavioral
health response to the fatal fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, and
share how they worked tirelessly to help survivors and responders.
Recommended
Resources
Understanding
Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction: Tips for Disaster Responders
This podcast can help disaster behavioral
health professionals learn about the positive and negative effects of helping
disaster survivors.
The
Behavioral Health Response to Mass Violence
This podcast discusses the psychological
responses to mass violence and suggests strategies and interventions to
provide immediate support and mitigate long-term negative mental health
consequences.
Post-Disaster
Retraumatization: Risk and Protective Factors
This podcast describes the concepts and
signs of retraumatization and associated risk and protective factors and
highlights promising treatment strategies and tips for avoiding
retraumatization.
About The Dialogue
The Dialogue, a
quarterly technical assistance journal, is an arena for professionals in the
disaster behavioral health field to share information, resources, trends,
solutions to problems, and accomplishments. Read
previous issues of The
Dialogue.
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