Abstract
It may be said that the field of emergency/disaster mental health is a mental health sub-specialization that continues, even today, to quantitatively expand and qualitatively evolve. For this evolutionary process to continue successfully, greater sophistication must be realized both tactically, as well as strategically. This paper reviews the evolving nature of crisis intervention and emergency/disaster mental health. Three areas will be reviewed herein: the evolving goals of early intervention, tactical evolution, and the evolving nature of training in emergency/disaster mental health.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 113-119 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | International journal of emergency mental health |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Jun 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Crisis intervention
- Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
- Disaster mental health
- Training
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health