Free, online, asynchronous 8-hour course for mental health professionals including counselors and psychiatrists.
Overview
In our world a range of disasters, including climate-related disasters, pandemics, and mass violence are occurring with increased frequency and severity. You may have experienced living through multiple disasters in your community. This course will walk through the fundamentals of, as well as interventions in, disasters. This course will cover topics such as: the basic concepts in disaster and preventive psychiatry, psychological and behavioral effects of disasters, risk and vulnerability to disasters, psychological first aid, risk and crisis communication, leadership consultation and preparedness for disasters.
Format
Asynchronous 8 hour course.
Learning Objectives
- Explain how psychiatrists can support disaster response through a variety of roles in clinical care as well as public health.
- Identify the range of psychological and behavioral reactions that individuals, communities, and populations can experience during disasters.
- Apply the basic skills of Psychological First Aid to mitigate distress and promote recovery in individuals and communities during disasters.
- Use risk and crisis communication skills to keep patients, colleagues and the public informed before, during and after a disaster.
- Demonstrate knowledge of actions necessary to protect the psychological health of healthcare workers, first responders and others called into the line of duty during a disaster.
Outline
- Module 1: Basic Concepts in Disaster and Preventive Psychiatry
- Module 2: Psychological and Behavioral Effects of Disasters
- Module 3: Risk and Vulnerability to Disasters
- Module 4: Public Health Approaches to Interventions and Disasters
- Module 5: Psychological First Aid
- Module 6: Risk and Crisis Communication
- Module 7: Leadership Consultation
- Module 8: Disaster Responders
- Module 9: Disaster Preparedness
