@article{ref1,
title="Psychosocial management before, during, and after emergencies and disasters-results from the Kobe expert meeting",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2019",
author="Généreux, Mélissa and Schluter, Philip J. and Takahashi, Sho and Usami, Shiori and Mashino, Sonoe and Kayano, Ryoma and Kim, Yoshiharu",
volume="16",
number="8",
pages="e16081309-e16081309",
abstract="Emergencies and disasters typically affect entire communities, cause substantial losses and disruption, and result in a significant and persistent mental health burden. There is currently a paucity of evidence on safe and effective individual- and community-level strategies for improving mental health before, during, and after such events. In October 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre) convened a meeting bringing together leading Asia Pacific and international disaster research experts. The expert meeting identified key research needs in five major areas, one being &quot;Psychosocial management before, during, and after emergencies and disasters&quot;. Experts for this research area identified critical gaps in observational research (i.e., the monitoring of long-term psychological consequences) and interventional research (i.e., the development and evaluation of individual- and community-level interventions). Three key research issues were identified. First, experts underscored the need for a standardized and psychometrically robust instrument that classified the mental health/psychosocial risk of people within both a clinical and community setting. Then, the need for a standardization of methods for prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment for affected people was highlighted. Finally, experts called for a better identification of before, during, and after emergency or disaster assets associated with greater community resilience.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph16081309",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081309"
}