Weekly journal club topic presentatio of department of Psychiatry. Bangladesh is disaster prone country. Disaster psychiatry is very relevant here. Hope this ppt will provide mental health professional a little idea about PFA , disaster psychiatry and disaster management.
4. Disaster
⢠is a severe destruction that greatly exceeds
the coping capacity of the affected community
Disaster
Response
RecoveryMitigation
Preparedness
6. Natural disaster 1980-2010(CRED report 2012)
⢠No of events:234
⢠No of people killed:191,836
⢠Average killed per year:6,188
⢠No of people affected:323,480,264
⢠Average affected per year:10,434,847
⢠Economic Damage (US$ X 1,000):17,072,500
⢠Economic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000):550,726
9. ⢠A report published in 1996 states that 66% of the
tornado affected people were psychologically
traumatized in the costal area
⢠Another study found 31.3% war injured freedom
fighters suffering from post traumatic stress disorder
even after 27 years of liberation war
10. ⢠2007 - Super cyclone âSidrâ changed the views
regarding post disaster mental health service
⢠Technical and financial support came from World
Psychiatric Association (WPA)
⢠Multiple teams rushed to the affected area to
provide mental health services
21. Normal reactive process
⢠Most recovers within 6 to 16 months
⢠Common stress reactions
Emotional , Cognitive, Physical, Interpersonal
⢠Post traumatic growth/benefited response
29. PFA
âA human supportive response to a fellow
human being who is suffering and who may
need supportâ (Sphere2011, IASC WHO-2007)
30. PFA
Elements
⢠Care and support
⢠Needs and concerns
⢠Address basic needs
⢠Listening to people, not pressuring
⢠Comforting people and helping them to feel calm
⢠Helping people connect to information, service and social
support
⢠Protecting from further harm
31. PFA
What PFA is not
⢠Not only professionals do
⢠Not a professional counseling
⢠Not âPsychological debriefingâ or âCISDâ
⢠Not asking, analyzing, put in order
⢠Available to listen but not pressuring to talk
32. PFA
Who need immediately
⢠Serious life threatening injuries
⢠So upset, cant care themselves and family
⢠May hurt self/others
33. PFA
When and where
⢠Recently affected
⢠Sometimes days or weeks after
⢠Scene of accident/disaster
⢠Health center, shelter/camps etc
36. Providing PFA
Good communication
⢠Basics of communication skill
⢠Donât pressure
⢠Donât think you must solve all problems
⢠Donât give false promise
39. Providing PFA
Special attention group
⢠Child adolescent group
⢠People with health conditions/disabilities
⢠People at risk/discrimination/violence
40. Caring for self and colleague
⢠Getting ready to help
⢠Managing stress
⢠Rest and reflection
41. ⢠Safe effective feasible?
⢠58 citations
⢠Insufficient evidence
⢠Objective observation and expert
opinion(Class iii, iv)
43. MHFA
⢠Person developing a mental health problem or
experiencing a mental health crisis
⢠Until treatment /Support received
⢠Not a substitute of counseling, medical care,
peer support/ treatment.
44. MHFA
People can learn
⢠Overview of mental health problems
⢠First aid for crisis situations
⢠First aid for non crisis situations
49. References
⢠Disaster mental health response Handbook, The NSW institute of Psychiatry,
Australia, 2000
⢠Role of psychiatry in disaster management: a brief review, H U Ahmed et al, NIMH,
Dhaka. Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 20, December 2006
⢠Psychosocial care of Disaster affected population: Physicians manual, WHO, 2007
⢠NIMH Dhaka,
Bangladesh, 2008
⢠Psychological first aid: guide for field worker, WHO, 2011
⢠Mental health service after disaster: Current scenario and future prospect of
Bangladesh, H U Ahmed et al, WPA regional meeting, Indonesia, 2012
⢠National plan for disaster management 2010-2015, Disaster management and
relief division, Govt republic of Bangladesh.
⢠Annual disaster Statistical Review2012, Center for research on the Epidemiology of
disasters (CRED), Belgium
⢠www.google.com: Images