P-FLASH: Development of an empirically-based post-9/11 disaster mental health training program

Carol S North; Bany A Hong; Betty Pfefferbaum

P-FLASH: Development of an empirically-based post-9/11 disaster mental health training program

Mo Med. 2008 Jan-Feb;105(1):62-6.

Authors

Carol S North¹, Bany A Hong, Betty Pfefferbaum

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA. carol.north@utsouthwestern.edu

PMID: 18300608

Abstract

This article describes the development and implementation of an empirically-based disaster mental health training program (P-FLASH) developed by Washington University Department of Psychiatry researchers in response to a request from the September 11 Fund. While this training program and its derivatives not only provided training for thousands of health professionals assisting survivors of the 9/11 attacks in the NewYork City area, it also provided more general disaster mental health training to prepare professionals nationally.

MeSH terms

Curriculum
Education / organization & administration*
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Program Development*
September 11 Terrorist Attacks / psychology*
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / diagnosis
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / therapy