Stronger Together: An In-Depth Look at Selected Community-Level Approaches to Disaster Behavioral Health

Stronger Together: An In-Depth Look at Selected Community-Level Approaches to Disaster Behavioral Health

Description:

This issue of the SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center Supplemental Research Bulletin focuses on selected programs and approaches that can be used to help whole communities fare better in terms of behavioral health during and after disasters. The issue covers the following:

• Resilience-based approaches begun prior to a disaster
• The Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP)
• Psychological Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (PsySTART)

Target Situation:

Public health and mental health professionals who want in-depth examples about programs and approaches that can be used to support behavioral health during and after disasters.

Case Studies:

Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience (LACCDR) is discussed as a case study in this research bulletin. This project is a collaborative effort supported by the CDC, NIMH, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that aims to engage community-based organizations in providing leadership and partnership to promote community resilience in the face of public health emergencies, such as pandemics and disasters. Six publications in public health journals from 2013 to 2015 are referenced and linked.
http://www.laresilience.orgexternal icon

Additional Reading:

Chi G.C., Williams M., Chandra A., Plough A. & Eisenman D. (2015). Partnerships for community resilience: Perspectives from the Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience project. Public Health, 129(9), 1297-1300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2015.07.004external icon

Eisenman, D., Chandra, A., Fogleman, S., Magana, A., Hendricks, A., Wells, K., Williams, M., Tang, J. & Plough, A. (2014). The Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience Project—A community-level, public health initiative to build community disaster resilience. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(8), 8475–8490. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110808475external icon