Federal Disaster Mental Health Response and Compliance with Best Practices.
Summary of "Federal Disaster Mental Health Response and Compliance with Best Practices."
This study investigated the comprehensiveness of disaster mental health state plans and their adherence to published best practices in three states that experienced post-9/11 federally-declared disasters. There were 59 disaster mental health best practices used in this study to assess each state disaster mental plan's compliance with best practices; the states demonstrated a range of adherence to the best practices. This research may serve as a guide for those developing disaster mental health plans and encourage further considerations in disaster mental health response.
Affiliation
Southwest Mississippi Mental Health Complex, Summit, MS, 39666, USA.
Journal Details
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Name: Community mental health journal
ISSN: 1573-2789
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21647650
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-011-9421-x
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Disaster Medicine
Branch of medicine involved with management and organization of public health response to disasters and major events including the special health and medical needs of a community in a disaster.
Mental Health Associations
Voluntary organizations which support educational programs and research in psychiatry with the objective of the promotion of mental health. An early association in the United States was founded as the National Committee for Mental Hygiene in 1909, became the Mental Health Association in 1976 and later the National Mental Health Association in 1980. State and local mental health associations in this country are chartered by the national organization and affiliated with it.
Compliance
Distensibility measure of a chamber such as the lungs (LUNG COMPLIANCE) or bladder. Compliance is expressed as a change in volume per unit change in pressure.
Patient Self-determination Act
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