Program Overview

Introduction to Disaster Psychosocial Services

Course Details

Explore the field of disaster mental health! This course consists of a series of eight 30-minute modules which have been prepared and narrated by mental health professionals to introduce the field of disaster mental health to licensed mental health professionals interested in disaster response. Modules 2 through 7 were developed and narrated by the North Carolina Disaster Response Network (NC DRN), along with the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the first and last modules were adapted, revised, and narrated by the British Columbia Disaster Psychosocial Services (DPS) to address disaster response in BC. (Formerly HEM132).

Prerequisites

• None

Course Offerings

No sections are currently scheduled for this course

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