Open AccessPsychosocial Care for Adult and Child Survivors of the 2004 Tsunami Disaster in India
Author(s) -
Susan Becker
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.064428
Subject(s) - psychosocial , mental health , medicine , public health , suicide prevention , natural disaster , rehabilitation , occupational safety and health , poison control , psychiatry , family medicine , environmental health , nursing , geography , physical therapy , pathology , meteorology
The tsunami disaster in South Asia affected the mental health of thousands of survivors, but psychological aspects of rehabilitation are frequently overlooked in public health initiatives. From January to March 2005, teams from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bangalore, India, traveled to south India and implemented a "train the trainer" community-based mental health program of psychosocial care to facilitate the recovery of child and adult survivors. Psychosocial care has applications to natural and man-made disasters in developing countries.