Managing Stress
Everyone who experiences a disaster is touched by it, including crisis response workers and managers.
Good planning can limit health and psychological consequences, minimize disruptions to daily life, and contribute to the growth and empowerment of the individual experiencing the disaster.
Mental health, substance abuse, public health, medical, and emergency response systems face many challenges in meeting the behavioral health needs that result from disasters, such as the construction accident in the picture to the right. Management of the behavioral health consequences of disasters requires a range of interventions at multiple levels in the pre-event, event, and post-event phases.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
4-1. Management of the behavioral health consequences of disasters requires a range of interventions at multiple levels in _____.
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