SPECIALTY TEAM AND DMAT EMBEDDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FUNCTIONS

1. SPECIALTY TEAM AND DMAT EMBEDDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FUNCTIONS

2. Specialty team and dmat embedded behavioral health functionsSherri Raz, PhDLawrence Hipshman, MD MPH Ways to approach this issue: Specialty DMAT are best Regular DMAT are best

3. Specialty team and dmat embedded behavioral health functionsSherri Raz, PhDLawrence Hipshman, MD MPH DMAT function Triage Care Evacuation

4. Specialty team and dmat embedded behavioral health functionsSherri Raz, PhDLawrence Hipshman, MD MPH Mental Health Teams named as one of the DMAT teams that deals with specific medical conditions, namely, crush injury teams, burn teams, pediatric trauma, chemical injury or contamination. Found nothing written about role of mental health specialty team (where’s Tom?)

5. Specialty team and dmat embedded behavioral health functionsSherri Raz, PhDLawrence Hipshman, MD MPH Disaster Mental Health Interventions Rapid assessment and triage Crisis intervention Supportive listening Problem-solving immediate issues Education about disaster stress Debriefing and community meetings Information and referral

6. Specialty team and dmat embedded behavioral health functionsSherri Raz, PhDLawrence Hipshman, MD MPH Post Disaster Mental Health Interventions Casefinding Community outreach Brief counseling (individual, group) Case management Public education through media Information and referral Letters and phone calls

7. Specialty team and dmat embedded behavioral health functionsSherri Raz, PhD Lawrence Hipshman, MD MPH

8. Specialty team and dmat embedded behavioral health functionsSherri Raz, PhDLawrence Hipshman, MD MPH

9. Specialty team and dmat embedded behavioral health functionsSherri Raz, PhDLawrence Hipshman, MD MPH Embedded Mental Health/ Specialty Mental Health Relationships: DMAT colleague support function Command chain Team leaders External “partners” ARC, local efforts, other NGOs