In this article the author presents a brief description of
acute stress disorders and describes some early intervention strategies for
working with traumatized adults and children in the immediate aftermath of a
major disaster. It was written in response to the December 1999 floods that
devastated much of Venezuela, killed 50,000 people and left 500,000 homeless
and psychologically traumatized. The content of the article was originally
presented in a lecture format for professionals and lay people who went out to
work with the survivors in the shelters. It was then written in English,
translated into Spanish, distributed to counselors in the shelters in Caracas,
and sent out on the Internet to mental health professionals across the country.
Though it was written for mental health professionals working with victims of
the Venezuelan floods, it will hopefully be useful to other mental health
professionals, in the future, working with survivors of a wide range of major
disasters.....
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