"This online course will provide useful information and tools to address patients' psychosocial responses to terrorist threats or attacks, to help focus responses of health care teams in acute situations, and to fulfill leadership roles in communities.The modules emphasize the most common psychosocial stress responses to bio-terrorism and disasters: Acute stress disorder, PTSD Depression, Bereavement and Sub-diagnostic distress.
After using the modules, participants should be able to: Understand the psychosocial vulnerabilities of communities to bioterrorist events, Use screening tools to diagnose psychosocial disorders following terrorist events or disasters, Understand best practices in the management of patients with psychosocial disorders, Understand and be able to address the needs of health care team members who respond to disasters and terrorist events, and Experience greater comfort in communicating with the community and the media after a disaster or terrorist event."
Prior to using the material, one must join the CHIP site, which is free.
