The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: The Impact of September 11 on Mental Health
3262.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
The Impact of September 11 on Mental Health
Learning Objectives: 1. Learn about the impact that September 11th has had on people's mental health. 2. Describe the data needed to establish a plan for responding. 3. List some of the effective service or treatment approaches.
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Presider(s):Beth Weitzman, PhD
2:30 PMChallenges encountered in estimating the mental health capacity required in New York post 9-11
Judith Samuels, PhD, Carole Siegel, PhD
2:45 PMNYC Health & Hospitals Corporation on the Front Lines of Public Behavioral Health Care
Joyce B. Wale, ACSW, Robert R. Moon, CSW, Karen R. Roth, MSW
3:00 PMResponding to the September 11disaster in NYC: Organizational and interorganizational dimensions
John Kastan, PhD, Roy H. Lubit, Barry Rock
3:15 PMBehavior Problems in Children in Manhattan after the September 11th attacks
Jennifer Stuber, MPhil, Betty Pfefferbaum, MD, JD, Kristin Moore, PhD, Maureen Wilson-Genderson, PhD, Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, David Vlahov, PhD, Gerry Fairbrother, PhD
3:30 PMAdolescents' feelings of safety in the wake of September 11
Tod Mijanovich, MPA, Beth Weitzman, PhD
Organized by:Mental Health
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA