School Reactivation Programs After Disaster: Could Teachers Serve as Clinical Mediators?

• 2003

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• Leo Wolmer; Nathaniel Laor; Yanki Yazgan
PMID: 12725016DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1056-4993(02)00104-9

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This article highlights the importance of mental health interventions for young victims of disasters to prevent worsening symptoms, academic decline, and low self-esteem. It emphasizes mental health leaders' need for proactive approaches to implement relief programs in natural settings like schools, leveraging teachers as mediators. The article discusses the challenge of victims avoiding professional help post-disaster and stresses the role of collaboration across systemic boundaries for effective intervention during emergencies. It calls for further studies to identify protective factors for resilience, risk factors for pathology, and factors influencing response to treatment.

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Focus Areas: Mental Health; Natural Disasters; Violence

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Schools & Childcare Providers

Emergency Management Stage: Recovery

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Analysis of Variance; Child; Crisis Intervention; Disasters; Earthquakes; Mental Health Services; Program Evaluation; School Health Services; Schools; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Turkey; Female; Humans; Male

Institutions: Tel Aviv University

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