Think about the application of disaster mental health in the field. How is this skillset and application helpful?
Psychological Aspects of Disaster
Reflection #2 – final reflection
Disaster Behavioral Health in context & Personal Development
- Think about the application of disaster mental health in the field. How is this skillset and application helpful? For example, how does it tie into Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and how is that helpful in a post-disaster context?
- How would this skillset and knowledge help you in the work you do in emergency management? How can you apply these skills or where would they come in useful?
- Drawing on your Reading Resources for Wk 12, what is one element of Self-Care that you find helpful and that you do or would use to keep your stress levels under control during a response (whether as a responder or emergency manager)?
- Finally, please indicate what you found the most beneficial aspects of THIS COURSE – Please name any strengths or areas or improvement and feel free to add recommendations for future years J
Note: Please use your Halpern & Tramontin textbook and your Self-Care reading resources as references to give context to your Post.
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– Kindly, answer each question clearly and completely.
WK 12 Reading:
Attached Files:
Secondary_Trauma_exposure_PostDisaster_nihms404591 (1).pdf (314.832 KB) - PTSD Fact Sheet.pdf (254.173 KB)
- ASD review by Bryant Published (1).pdf (183.459 KB)
- Update_Acute_Stress_Disorder.
pdf (2.253 MB)
Self Care Reading:
- Halpern & Tramontin: Chapters 4 & 7 (Reactions and Risk Factors, Counseling in Chaos)
- Resource: Special Resources for Disaster Responders (review all tip sheets)
- Resource: Stress Management Manual
Answer Preview………………
Question 1. Disaster mental health is one of the important psychological aspects of disaster (Halpern & Tramontin, 2007). A disaster can happen anytime, and this can affect the mental health of the victims. Disaster responders apply disaster mental health in the field when helping victims of a disaster during and after an emergency occurs. This skillset and application are helpful as it allows victims of an emergency to overcome mental issues which may affect them (North & Pfefferbaum, 2013). The use of disaster mental health in the field can be related to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs has five stages (Webber, Bass, & Yep, 2005). At the bottom are physiological needs. Psychological needs are necessities that one must-have for human survival……………..
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