title: Disaster-relief training and mental health.
abstract: The author describes a training program in diaster-relief agencies. The program is designed to improve their over-all understanding of disaster-relief work and to increase their sensitivity to the emotional needs of disaster victims. Based on the recommendations of a state task force report, it consists of a workshop that makes use of videotapes and learning exercises to help participants improve their listening skills, learn problem-solving techniques, become aware of behavioral signs that can alert them to victims' emotional reactions, and familiarize them with the work of other relief agencies.
mesh_terms: D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003479:Curriculum; D004190:Disasters; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008923:Missouri; D012066:Relief Work; D000078329:Workforce