Green B L, Lindy J D
Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1994 Jun;17(2):301-9.
Disasters can produce significant, lasting psychological sequelae. Much of the disaster work that mental health professionals can do falls outside of the more traditional roles usually taken by mental health professionals. These roles include reaching out to survivors through a variety of modes and rarely waiting for them to seek traditional forms of help. Much of what can be done does not require labeling individuals as disordered but may be done within the overall response of the community to the survivors on a variety of levels. To be most effective, we need to be involved in planning efforts that can be activated when disaster strikes, rather than being reactive to the situation after it has occurred. The potential range of responses can challenge the professional who wants to help his or her community when it has been affected.
灾难会产生重大且持久的心理后遗症。心理健康专业人员能够开展的许多灾难相关工作，都超出了心理健康专业人员通常所扮演的传统角色范畴。这些角色包括通过多种方式接触幸存者，并且很少等待他们寻求传统形式的帮助。许多可做之事并不需要将个体标记为患有精神障碍，而是可以在社区对幸存者的整体应对措施中，在多个层面上进行。为了达到最佳效果，我们需要参与到灾难发生时能够启动的规划工作中，而不是在灾难发生后才对情况做出反应。当社区受到影响时，潜在的应对范围可能会给那些想要帮助自己社区的专业人员带来挑战。
