Citation

Su CY, Chou FH, Tsai KY, Lin WK. Disasters 2011; 35(3): 587-605.

Affiliation

Med is Assistant Professor at the Department of Nursing, I-Shiou University, Taiwan MD, MS, PhD is Deputy Superintendent at the Department of Community Psychiatry, Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital, and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Nursing, Meiho University, Taiwan MD, MS is Attending Physician at the Department of Community Psychiatry, Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital, Taiwan MD is Attending Physician at the Department of Community Psychiatry, Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital, Taiwan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01231.x

PMID

21410747

Abstract

This study presents information on the design and creation of a standard operation procedure (SOP) for psychiatric service after an earthquake. The strategies employed focused on the detection of survivors who developed persistent psychiatric illness, particularly post-traumatic stress and major depressive disorders. In addition, the study attempted to detect the risk factors for psychiatric illness. A Disaster-Related Psychological Screening Test (DRPST) was designed by five psychiatrists and two public health professionals for rapidly and simply interviewing 4,223 respondents within six months of the September 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake. A SOP was established through a systemic literature review, action research, and two years of data collection. Despite the limited time and resources inherent to a disaster situation, it is necessary to develop an SOP for psychiatric service after an earthquake in order to assist the high number of survivors suffering from subsequent psychiatric impairment.

Language: en