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• Development of the Rapid Assessment Tool for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in the Philippine Health Emergency Setting (33.6Kb)   Uploaded by Mike Quilala on June 18, 2013. 1 download
  Walter V Laurel
  Emergency and Humanitarian Action Unit,
  World Health Organization-Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila
  Published in: Southeast Asian Journal Trop Med Public Health; Vol 40 (Suppl 1) 2009
  
  Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) is an important aspect of emergency and disaster management. This covers a wide-range of interventions and services and should be preceded by careful assessment and planning within the local context, which would include the local perceptions of distress and illness, coping mechanisms, and the mapping of the community’s capacity to cope. In the Philippines, the National Disaster Coordinating Council MHPSS Sub-committee saw a need to develop a Rapid Assessment Tool for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (MHPSS-RAT) which will provide immediate assessment of the vulnerable population and relevant resources in the first twenty-four hours of onset in mass emergencies and disasters. The tool was based on the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) guidelines and developed through collaboration with the Department of Health-Health Emergency Management Staff (DOH-HEMS) and consensus of national agencies involved in disaster response, with inputs from local experts and concerned stakeholders. It was designed to allow planners and analysts to easily identify priority areas and provide sufficient information to rapidly design appropriate interventions and programs. It is recommended that further validation and field testing be done once the final draft is approved for national use.
  
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• Single-session Psychological Debriefing: Not Recommended (56.6Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on August 15, 2011. 90 downloads
  The purpose of this brief is to draw attention to some aspects of mental health interventions in emergency situations. It is the technical opinion of WHO's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse - based on the available evidence - that it is not advisable to organize single-session psychological debriefing to the general population as an early intervention after exposure to trauma.
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• The Right to Know (1.6Mb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on June 30, 2011. 85 downloads
  The Challenge of Public Information and Accountability in Aceh and Sri Lanka
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• The Media and Children's Rights (363.5Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on June 30, 2011. 98 downloads
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• Supporting Welbeing-Guidelines for Working in the Tsunami (45.5Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on June 30, 2011. 136 downloads
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• Parent Information Pamphlet (56Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on June 30, 2011. 101 downloads
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• Information for the Community - World Vision (106Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on June 30, 2011. 84 downloads
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• Information for Children - World Vision (102Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on June 30, 2011. 77 downloads
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