Carballo, M., Heal, B., & Horbaty, G. (2006). Impact of the tsunami on psychosocial health and well-being. International Review of Psychiatry, 18(3), 217-223. Natural and man-made disasters affect everyone in their path. Some people are nevertheless more vulnerable than... Read more
Disasters
Amaratunga, C. A., & O'Sullivan, T. L. (2006). In the path of disasters: Psychosocial issues for preparedness, response, and recovery. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 21(03), 149-153. The psychosocial impacts of disasters are profound. In recent years, there have been... Read more
Kohan, I., Pérez-Sales, P., Cisneros, M. H., Chirinos, R., Pérez-Langa, R., Holguín, M. R., … & Silva, A. (2011). Emergencies and disasters as opportunities to improve mental health systems: Peruvian experience in Huancavelica. Intervention, 9(3), 237-248. The paper describes... Read more
Somasundaram, D. (2014). Addressing collective trauma: Conceptualisations and interventions. Intervention, 12, 43-60. Complex situations following war and natural disasters have a psychosocial impact not only on the individual, but also their family, community and the larger society. Fundamental changes... Read more
This resouce is provided by Save the Children to guide a two day training programme in Psychological First Aid (PFA) for children Read more
This resouce is provided by Save the Children to guide a two day training programme in Psychological First Aid (PFA) for children Read more
The Psychological First Aid Training Manual for Child Practitioners (PFA) was developed by Save the Children Denmark for the Child Protection Initiative, to facilitate training in psychological first aid with a focus on children. It is aimed at developing skills and competences... Read more
Background: The estimated prevalence of clinically significant psychiatric and somatic symptoms in adults 41 year after the 2004 Asian tsunami is unknown. Aims: To estimate the prevalence of psychiatric and somatic symptoms and impairment in Sri Lanka 20–21 months... Read more
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