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Chapter 27 - Principles for Intervening with the Wellbeing, Psychosocial, and Mental Health Needs of Mass Casualties

from Section 4 - Responses to Meet the Mental Health Needs of People Affected by Emergencies, Major Incidents, and Pandemics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2024

By
Richard Williams ,
John Stancombe  and
Verity Kemp
Edited by
Richard Williams ,
Verity Kemp ,
Keith Porter ,
Tim Healing  and
John Drury
Richard Williams
Affiliation:
University of South Wales
Verity Kemp
Affiliation:
Independent Health Emergency Planning Consultant
Keith Porter
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Tim Healing
Affiliation:
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
John Drury
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
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Summary

This chapter draws together key principles that underpin how the responsible authorities should respond to the psychosocial and mental health needs of the public who are affected. It presents an approach that blends psychosocial care with mental healthcare into a comprehensive and inclusive combined cross-agency approach that combines the prominent biomedical and psychosocial conceptual approaches.

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Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks
 , pp. 187 - 198
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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