Earthquake in Haiti and disaster medicine training
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The 2010 Haiti earthquake response.
This article presents an overview of the mental health response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Discussion includes consideration of complexities that relate to emergency response, mental health and psychosocial response in disasters, long-term planning of systems of care, and the development of safe, effective, and culturally sound mental health services in the Haitian context. This information ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scripta Scientifica Medica
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1314-6408,0582-3250
DOI: 10.14748/ssm.v43i1.409