Disaster psychosocial services in Hong Kong--make the unseen injury seen.
While intervention services for the physical consequences of disaster and trauma have been in evidence for decades, only within recent years has serious attention been paid to the psychological consequences of disaster. This paper describes the development of a program of psychosocial services designed to respond to the needs of the people of Hong Kong in the wake of a disaster.
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D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004190:Disasters; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000628:therapy*