title: First person: a mental health mission to post-earthquake El Salvador.
abstract: In this article the author excerpts and discusses salient quotes or moments from the journal he compiled while visiting El Salvador in February 2001 as head of Disaster Psychiatry Outreach (DPO) to assist survivors of a major earthquake. This case discussion of a single disaster mental health response exemplifies key issues related to both short and long term mental health service delivery to disaster affected communities.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Box 1257, New York, NY 10029, USA. craig.katz@mssm.edu
authors: Craig L
authors: CL
authors: Katz
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D004544:El Salvador / Q000453:epidemiology; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014956:Writing
keywords: Disaster psychiatry; El Salvador earthquake; Post-disaster outreach