INTRODUCTION: What Is A Disaster And How Does It Relate To Mental Health?

 Part 1:  PREPARATION

1  Getting Involved
2  The Disaster Response System
3  Self-care
4  Roughing It
5  Risk Communication  

Part 2:  ASSESSMENT

6  Assessment: a spectrum from normal to psychopathology
7  Assessment of Suicidality
8  Screening for Mental Health Issues
9  Children & Families
10  Medically Unexplained Symptoms
11  Difficult Encounters
12  Special Populations
13  Bereavement

Part 3:  INTERVENTION

14  Psychological First Aid
15  Working with Responders
16  Social Interventions
17  Psychological Interventions
18  Psychopharmacology
19  Collaborative care
20  Staff Support
21  International Perspectives

 Part 4:  SPECIAL ISSUES

22  Tele-Psychiatry  
23  Liability Issues
24  Ethics

Part 5:  EPILOGUE
Life After the Disaster: followup, resilience and recovery