Mental Health Response to Mass Violence and Terrorism

Mental Health Response to Mass Violence and Terrorism

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Course Description:

This training contains "the basics" of what mental health providers, crime victim

assistance professionals, and faith-based counselors need to know to provide appropriate

mental health support following incidents involving criminal mass victimization.

Mental Health Response to Mass Violence and Terrorism

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Learning Objectives

After completing this training the health care professional will be able to:

• Assist victims, survivors, and family members cope with trauma and loss
• Assist victims, survivors, and family members participate in the criminal justice process
• Assist the community-at large in recovery through education, outreach, and support
• Describe and manage service providers' own work-related stress responses.
• Outline major lessons learned in behavioral health following episodes of mass violence, such as the tsunami, Katrina, etc
• Assess risk and protective factors of various populations as regards to mental health and disasters or emergencies
• Define crisis intervention
• Identify signs and symptoms of distress
• Describe and utilize tools for effective crisis interventions
• Apply knowledge from this course to practice and/or other professional contexts.