Survivors: outreach to a reluctant population.
Following a devastating fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club, mental health professionals developed an outreach program to identify survivors at risk for long-term impairment and to offer preventive services. Differences among four outreach modes, in terms of impairment and efficiency of effort, are discussed in the context of a general survivors' reluctance to utilize mental health resources.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D014193:Trauma Centers; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology