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5064.0: Wednesday, November 10, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Four experts in the behavioral impact of terrorism will address the need for a public health strategy to manage its psychological consequences. This Institute of Medicine approach conceptualizes interventions for the pre-event, event and post-event phases of terrorism and encompasses prevention, health promotion and treatment. The psychological impact of terrorism has broad implications that cross numerous domains represented by the presenters. The first presenter will address the role of disaster psychiatry, disaster behaviors and threat perception in developing a public health response to terrorism. The second presenter will address the behavioral impact of medical responses to terrorism and bioterrorism, and emerging practices like mental health surveillance. The third presenter will discuss the role of risk communication in influencing preparedness, adaptive event responses and post-event information and help seeking. The fourth presenter will discuss community cohesion and reconstruction through remembrance and memorials. The rationale for this general session is a unique grouping of experts to provide a comprehensive picture and trajectory of terrorism within a new public health model to strengthen the efforts of public health professionals invested in local, state and federal terrorism response. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) understand the rationale for and role of a public health strategy for managing the psychological consequences of terrorism; (2) identify key disaster behaviors that result from psychological and medical exposure to terrorism; and (3) assess and apply interventions that bridge mental health and public health resources and needs in the pre-event, event and post-event phases of terrorism events. | |||
| Lewis R. Goldfrank, MD | |||
| Robert J. Ursano, MD | |||
| Managing the psychological consequences of terrorism: A public health strategy Robert J. Ursano, MD, Nancy T. Vineburgh, MA, Carol S Fullerton, PhD | |||
Managing the behavioral impact of medical responses to terrorism and bioterrorism: A public health strategy ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Dori B. Reissman, MD, MPH | |||
| Role of risk communication in managing the psychological and behavioral responses to terrorism: A public health strategy Ann E Norwood, MD | |||
| Reconstruction and remembrance: A public health strategy to promote community healing and cohesion Brian W. Flynn, EdD | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Mental Health | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||