Disaster, PFA, and PSP

Question 1

What is a successful adaptation to an acute stress, trauma, or chronic adversity?

Answer 1

Resilience

Question 2

What are the several variables of which response of an individual is dependent on?

Answer 2

The event -> size, duration, & type
Individual factors -> hx, age, sex, actual and perceived level of support, coping skills

Community factors

Question 3

What are the significant emotional states or behaviors related to the stress of disaster?

Answer 3

Distress response

Question 4

What are significant outward manifestations of post-disaster stress?

Answer 4

Health-risk behaviors

Question 5

What are the spectrum of psychological and behavioral response to disaster?

Answer 5

Distress response
Health risk behaviors
Illness

Question 6

What are the 3 types of disasters?

Answer 6

Natural disasters
Technological accidents
Mass violence

Question 7

What are the 7 phases of disaster?

Answer 7

Warning or Threat phase
Impact phase
Rescue or heroic phase
Remedy or Honeymoon phase
Inventory phase
Disillusionment phase
Reconstruction or Recovery phase

Question 8

What phase of the disaster do victims feel abandoned and resentful?

Answer 8

Disillusionment phase

Question 9

At what phase of disaster do victims recognize limits of available disaster resistance?

Answer 9

Inventory phase

Question 10

What phase of disaster do victims feel a short-lived sense of optimism?

Answer 10

Remed or Honeymoon phase

Question 11

What are the common symptoms manifestaed by females and males after a disaster?

Answer 11

females = PTSD & Major depressive disorder
Males = substance use disorders

Question 12

What are the diff atypical response of children to disasters?

Answer 12

sudden arrest of developmental progress
loss of develpomental achievments
change in sleep, appetite, relationships
Decline in academic performance

Question 13

What are the 2 steps in mental health disaster response?

Answer 13

Planning
Response

Question 14

What is the most widely accepted intervention for populations following a disaster?

Answer 14

Psychological first aid

Question 15

What are the 5 principles of Psychological first aid?

Answer 15

Promoting calm
Promoting sense of safety
Promoting self and community efficacy
Promoting connectedness
Instilling hope

Question 16

Can you force people to accept psychological first aid?

Answer 16

No, but it is made easily available for those who may want support.

Question 17

What are the diff psychological first-aid core actions?

Answer 17

1. contact and engagement
2. safety and comfort
3. stabilization
4. information gathering: current needs & concerns
5. practical assistance
6. connection with social supports
   7, information on coping
7. linkage with collaborative services

Question 18

In what phase of disaster do we do psychosocial processing?

Answer 18

Inventory phase

Question 19

What is psychosocial processing?

Answer 19

Allows victims of disasters to experience relief by releasing emotions associated with distress

Question 20

What are the aims of psychosocial processing?

Answer 20

To re-establish equilibrium and harmony ff a disaster
To regain personal control
To plan for the immediate days in the aftermath of the disasters and for their future

Question 21

What are the diff activities of Psychosocial Processing?

Answer 21

Critical incident stress debriefing
Multiple grp PSP sessions - high risk of developing psychosocial disorders

Action-oriented PSP = community rehab
Team building = caregivers
Community organization
Psychosocial intervention/Rehabilitation

Question 22

What are the 3 action principles of PFA?

Answer 22

Look, Listen, LInk