The integration of mental and behavioral health into disaster preparedness, response, and recovery

The close interplay between mental health and physical health makes it critical to integrate mental and behavioral health considerations into all aspects of public health and medical disaster management. Therefore, the National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB) convened the Disaster Mental Health Subcommittee to assess the progress of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in integrating mental and behavioral health into disaster and emergency preparedness and response activities.

The ISTSS expert consensus treatment guidelines for complex PTSD in adults

Overview. ISTSS has developed guidelines for the treatment of PTSD, the first of whichwere produced in 2000 followed by a revision published in 2008 (Foa, Keane, Friedman &Cohen, 2008). The 2008 guidelines acknowledge that the PTSD framework does not includesalient symptoms and problems of individuals who are exposed to prolonged and repeatedtrauma such as childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, and political violence, commonlyreferred to as Complex PTSD, and that these disturbances contribute to distressed lives anddisability.

The Effects of World War II on Economic and Health Outcomes across Europe

ABSTRACTIn this paper, we investigate the long-run effects of World War II on socio-economic status (SES) and health of older individuals in Europe. Physical and psychological childhood events are important predictors for labor market and health outcomes in adult life, but studies that quantify these effects in large samples that cover entire diverse populations are still rare. We will analyze data from SHARELIFE, a retrospective survey conducted as part of the Surveyon Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) in 2009.

The efficacy and effectiveness of online CBT

In 1997 ontwikkelden onderzoekers van de Universiteit van Amsterdam één van de eerste psychotherapeutische toepassingen van het World Wide Web. Ze zetten een protocol voor de behandeling van posttraumatische stress om in een website en nodigden een aantal studenten met posttraumatische stressklachten uit om zich via deze site te laten behandelen. De resultaten waren gunstig. Vrijwel alle deelnemers rapporteerden na behandeling een sterke afname van hun klachten.

The implementation and evaluation of therapeutic touch in burn patients: An instructive experience of conducting a scientific study within a non-academic nursing setting

AbstractObjectiveEvaluation of therapeutic touch (TT) in the nursing of burn patients, post hoc evaluation of the research process in a non-academic nursing setting.Methods38 burn patients received either TT or nursing presence. On admission, days 2, 5 and 10 of hospitalization, data were collected on anxiety for pain, salivary cortisol, and pain medication. Interviews with nurses were held concerning research in a non-academic setting.ResultsAnxiety for pain was more reduced on day 10 in the TT-group. The TT-group was prescribed less morphine on day 1 and 2.

The effectiveness of psychological first aid as a disaster intervention tool: research analysis of peer-reviewed literature from 1990-2010

OBJECTIVE: The Advisory Council of the American Red Cross Disaster Services requested that an independent study determine whether first-aid providers without professional mental health training, when confronted with people who have experienced a traumatic event, offer a safe, effective and feasible intervention. METHODS: Standard databases were searched by an expert panel from 1990 to September 2010 using the keyword phrase psychological first aid.

The daily spillover and crossover of emotional labor: Faking emotions at work and at home

This diary study among 75 Spanish dual earner couples investigates whether emotional labor performed by employees at work has implications for themselves and for their partner at home. On the basis of the Spillover-Crossover model, we hypothesized that individuals' surface acting at work would spill over to the home domain, and that surface acting at home, in turn, would reduce individuals' levels of well-being. Moreover, we predicted crossover of experiences lived at home between the members of the couple.

The day Norway cried: Proximity and distress in Norwegian citizens following the 22nd July 2011 terrorist attacks in Oslo and on Utoya Island

Terrorism may create fear and stress reactions not only in the direct victims, but also in the general population

The dissociative subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder: rationale, clinical and neurobiological evidence, and implications

BackgroundClinical and neurobiological evidence for a dissociative subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has recently been documented. A dissociative subtype of PTSD is being considered for inclusion in the forthcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition (DSM-5) to address the symptoms of depersonalization and derealization found among a subset of patients with PTSD.

The BASIC Ph model of coping and resiliency : theory, research and cross-cultural application

The BASIC Ph model of coping and resiliency, is developed by Prof. Mooli Lahad and Dr. Ofra Ayalon. Underpinning the model is the suggestion that every person has internal powers, or coping resources, which can be mobilized in stressful situations, the effort to survive coming from a healthy rather than a pathological instinct. The categorization of these coping resources gives the model its name: Belief, Affect, Social, Imagination, Cognition, Physical. This edited volume outlines the theory behind the BASIC Ph?

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