Citation

Wells KB, Springgate BF, Lizaola E, Jones F, Plough A. Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. 2013; 36(3): 451-466.

Affiliation

Center for Health Services and Society, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, 10920 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA; Department of Health Policy and Management, Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA; RAND Health, RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA. Electronic address: kwells@mednet.ucla.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psc.2013.05.002

PMID

23954058

Abstract

Awareness of the impact of disasters globally on mental health is increasing. Known difficulties in preparing communities for disasters and a lack of focus on relationship building and organizational capacity in preparedness and response have led to a greater policy focus on community resiliency as a key public health approach to disaster response. In this article, the authors describe how an approach to community engagement for improving mental health services, disaster recovery, and preparedness from a community resiliency perspective emerged from their work in applying a partnered, participatory research framework, iteratively, in Los Angeles County and the City of New Orleans.

Language: en