title: P-FLASH: Development of an empirically-based post-9/11 disaster mental health training program.
abstract: This article describes the development and implementation of an empirically-based disaster mental health training program (P-FLASH) developed by Washington University Department of Psychiatry researchers in response to a request from the September 11 Fund. While this training program and its derivatives not only provided training for thousands of health professionals assisting survivors of the 9/11 attacks in the NewYork City area, it also provided more general disaster mental health training to prepare professionals nationally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA. carol.north@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: Carol S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: North
authors.forename: Bany A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pfefferbaum
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D047851:September 11 Terrorist Attacks / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy