TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Mental health and psychosocial support after the tsunami in Thailand
JO  - International review of psychiatry
A1  - Chakrabhand, Somchai
A1  - Panyayong, Benjaporn
A1  - Sirivech, Pattama
SP  - 599
EP  - 605
VL  - 18
IS  - 6
N2  - This article presents an overview of the psychosocial and mental health response after the Asian Tsunami hit Thailand in 2004. The organization and deployment of service modalities that used pre-existing community and school advisory programmes for rapid emergency response were seen as key elements of the response. Mental health programmes were provided to mitigate and ameliorate the effects of the catastrophic event. We describe these strategies and report on lessons learnt.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0954-0261
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540260601038274
ID  - ref1
ER  -