On-Line Forum

The DisastMH e-mail discussion forum serves as on ongoing conference of Disaster Mental Health Professionals On-line. Topics are brought to a roundtable of colleagues to discuss mental health issues in disaster preparedness, disaster response, and disaster recovery. Individuals needing professional assistance are asked to seek mental health professionals in their own geographic area.

Relevant topics may include but are not limited to the following:

• Planning, development, and operations of Disaster Mental Health
• Volunteer issues of solicitation, maintaining interest, recognition
• DMH and interfacing with agencies, schools, government, etc.
• Construction of protocols for disaster response
• Handbook preparation and maintaining records
• Training issues including American Red Cross training, Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing, and other models
• Issues of risk management (referral systems, liability, safety,etc.)
• Ethical considerations
• Media and public relations issues
• Debriefings and interventions for disaster response
• Communication trees and classification of volunteers
• DMH leadership issues at local, state, national levels in the mental health disciplines
• Clinical issues for disaster response
• Clearinghouse for material available in Disaster Psychology
• Peer consulting for disaster mental health services
• Communication regarding DMH during an ongoing disaster

If you are a mental health professional or invited associate in disaster psychology, your presence is welcome on the forum. There is a simple process to subscribe. Send the following to

LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU

In the body of the message put:

subscribe DisastMH firstname lastname

For example:

subscribe DisastMH O. Kay Self

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DisastMH Owner/Moderator

Use this information at your own risk. For more information and disclaimer send E-mail to

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with the command

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in the body.