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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Psychosocial Management Before, During, and After Emergencies and Disasters-Results from the Kobe Expert Meeting.

Mélissa Généreux, Philip J Schluter, Sho Takahashi, Shiori Usami, Sonoe Mashino, Ryoma Kayano, Yoshiharu Kim

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. The Integration of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support and Disaster Risk Reduction: A mapping and Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  15. Research Frontiers of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: What Do We Know So Far?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  16. A Salutogenic Approach to Disaster Recovery: The Case of the Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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7 authors.

Mélissa GénéreuxSherbrooke Hospital University Centre, Eastern Townships Integrated University Centre in Health and Social Services, Sherbrooke, QC J1J 3H5, Canada. melissa.genereux@usherbrooke.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-6269-8801
Philip J SchluterSchool of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury-Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand. philip.schluter@canterbury.ac.nz.ORCID 0000-0001-6799-6779
Sho TakahashiDepartment of Disaster Psychiatry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan. takahashi.sho.fn@u.tsukuba.ac.jp.
Shiori UsamiDepartment of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan. susami@kumamoto-u.ac.jp.
Sonoe MashinoResearch Institute of Nursing Care for People and Community, University of Hyōgo, Akashi 673-8588, Japan. sonoe_mashino@cnas.u-hyogo.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-4726-8202
Ryoma KayanoWorld Health Organization Centre for Health Development, Kobe 651-0073, Japan. kayanor@who.int.
Yoshiharu KimNational Institute of Mental Health, National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira 187-0031, Japan. kim@ncnp.go.jp.

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6 · The paper itself

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 "Psychosocial management before, during, and after emergencies and disasters". 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.

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DisastersWorld Health OrganizationDisaster PlanningEmergenciesHumansMental HealthResearchcommunity resiliencehealth emergency and disaster risk management (Health-EDRM)mental health impactspost-traumatic stress disorderpsychosocial managementSendai Framework for Disaster Risk ReductionWHO Thematic Platform for Health-EDRM Research Network

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PMCPMC6518049

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