Wide Area Recovery and Resiliency Program (WARRP) Knowledge Enhancement Events: Behavioral Health Working Group After Action Report.

摘要

The effects of a disaster are not always physical. Houses and roads can be rebuilt and physical wounds will heal, but the emotional scars from a disaster can often be harder to fix. Disaster survivors must pick up the pieces often while struggling with incredible emotional hardships. The objective of the Behavioral Health working group was to identify the key recovery issues to be addressed from a behavioral health perspective after a large-scale incident. The focus was to provide general strategies of how to consolidate, organize, and facilitate the following: (1) Connecting individuals to behavioral health and mental health resiliency services offered by local organizations immediately after the disaster; (2) Connecting individuals to behavioral health resources for up to three years post incident; (3) Advancing Mental Health resiliency resources to help promote resiliency for responders and relief workers; (4) Monitoring of the psycho-social impacts over time; (5) Funding for behavioral health services during all phases of recovery (regardless of religious affiliation or preference or lack thereof); (6) Understanding policy relating to how the funding is routed to local mental health clinics during a wide urban area event.