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the Emotional Care of Survivors

the Emotional Care of Survivors. 2012. Stress Responses to Disaster. Remember that the reactions that you see within each of these categories are normal and temporary in the aftermath of a disaster. Missouri Department of Mental Health. Office of Disaster Readiness

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the Emotional Care of Survivors

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  1. the Emotional Care of Survivors 2012

  2. Stress Responses to Disaster Remember that the reactions that you see within each of these categories are normal and temporary in the aftermath of a disaster.

  3. Missouri Department of Mental Health • Office of Disaster Readiness • Coordination of mental health resources in disaster • Partnership with Missouri VOAD and faith-based partners • Training and educational resources • http://dmh.mo.gov/disaster/ • Show-Me Response

  4. Training • Psychological First Aid • Evidence-informed strategies to assist children, adolescents, families, parents/caregivers and adults in the immediate aftermath of disaster and terrorism. • Designed to reduce the initial stress caused by traumatic events and to foster short and long term adaptive functioning as they recover from the disaster’s effects.

  5. Training • Curriculums: • Disaster Mental Health and Psychological First Aid Courses: Six-hour courses; no charge: • Health, Mental Health, First Responders, Volunteers • Chaplains and Faith-Based Organizations • Schools

  6. Training Online Psychological First Aid Course available through National Child Traumatic Stress Network • http://learn.nctsn.org/

  7. Web Resources • Missouri Department of Mental Health Disaster Services: http://www.dmh.mo.gov then click on Disaster Services. • SAMHSA Disaster Readiness and Response Site http://www.samhsa.gov/Matrix/matrix_disaster.aspx • SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/dtac/default.asp • CDC Mass Trauma webpage http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masstrauma/index.asp

  8. Contact information Jenny Wiley Coordinator Disaster Services Missouri Department of Mental Health P.O. Box 687 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Jenny.wiley@dmh.mo.gov Phone: 573-751-4730 Please also follow us on FaceBook @ “Disaster Services – Missouri Dept. of Mental Health”

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