Course Description:
Critical events like disasters, either man-made or natural and other extreme life experiences will result to physical, mental, psychosocial and spiritual stress reactions. If not properly responded, countless health conditions might arise. Some of the people exposed to these incidents had experienced psychosocial problems and others, at one point in time, needed psychiatric help. Thus, immediate response to them by service workers trained to provide psychosocial support is highly recommended.
Mental health intervention in post-traumatic events is designed to assist the victims in maximizing their coping and adaptation skills to effectively deal with multiple health problems. Disaster victims may include all ages, socioeconomic classes, and racial or ethnic groups because catastrophes affect the entire population in an impacted area.
Objectives:
Upon completion of all the requirements of the 3 days course the participants will:
- Appreciate the psychosocial paradigm of health and wellness.
- Apply knowledge on crisis and disaster concepts and its psychosocial consequences.
- Apply appropriate knowledge and skills in assessing and managing the psychosocial aspects of crisis and disaster situation.
- Provide psychosocial services to clients in crisis or disaster victims