Citation

Becker SM. Am. J. Public Health 2006; 96(8): 1397-1398.

Affiliation

Georgetown University School of Health Studies.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2005.064428

PMID

16809599

PMCID

PMC1522118

Abstract

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 manmade disasters in developing countries.

Language: en