Transitioning mental health & psychosocial support: From short-term emergency to sustainable post-disaster development. Humanitarian action summit 2011

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 470-481

  Patel, P P ^a   Russell, J ^b   Allden, K ^c   Betancourt, T S ^d   Bolton, P ^e   Galappatti, A ^f,g   Hijazi, Z ^h   Johnson, K ⁱ   Jones, L ^j,k   Kadis, L ^l   Leary, K ^m   Weissbecker, I ^h   Nakku, J ⁿ  

^a Health and Disability Advocates   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Good Practice Group   (Sri Lanka)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^h INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS   (United States)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^l Carmel Institute for Family Business   (United States)

^m CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

ⁿ MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

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Author keywords

conflict; cross cultural; development; emergency; humanitarian; IDP; mental health; psychosocial; refugee; sustainable

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84864537937     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X1200012X     Document Type: Article

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