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Charting a Course into the Unknown: Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Tsunami, 2004
Author(s) -
Anderson Karen M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2007.00106.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , mental health , intervention (counseling) , psychosocial support , nursing , psychology , medicine , medical education , psychiatry
TOPIC. My journey as an Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse, aboard the USNS Mercy, providing humanitarian aid to victims of the December 2004 tsunami is the focus of this paper.PURPOSE. To offer insights about healing and recovery that I learned from my time with the victims of this disaster that may be applicable to future disaster situations.SOURCE OF INFORMATION. The author's personal experience of being a volunteer.CONCLUSIONS. My contributions focused on providing mental health care to victims of the tsunami as well as the development of a program of psychosocial intervention and education for children affected by the disaster.