Eugene F Augusterfer1, Richard F Mollica2, James Lavelle3. 1. Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, Harvard Global Mental Health Program, 22 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. efa@gmhnet.com. 2. Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 22 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. 3. Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, Harvard Global Mental Health Program, 22 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Abstract
THE PURPOSE REVIEW: This paper will review the literature on global disasters and the mental health impact of disasters, and discuss the use of digital health/telemental health in providing care in post-disaster settings. RECENT FINDINGS: Global disasters, natural and manmade, are on the rise. As a consequence, there are increases in the health and mental health impact in the affected populations. We examine the literature on the health and mental health impact of disasters and the role of digital health/telemental health in response to meeting those needs. We examine the use of digital health/telemental health in two case examples, one of a natural disaster and one of a man-made disaster. Finally, we examine a blended telemental health model for collaboration between mental health and primary care providers in post-disaster settings. Digital health/telemental health is positioned on the cusp of the technology explosion, thus bringing much needed medical and mental health care to previously under-served populations.
THE PURPOSE REVIEW: This paper will review the literature on global disasters and the mental health impact of disasters, and discuss the use of digital health/telemental health in providing care in post-disaster settings. RECENT FINDINGS: Global disasters, natural and manmade, are on the rise. As a consequence, there are increases in the health and mental health impact in the affected populations. We examine the literature on the health and mental health impact of disasters and the role of digital health/telemental health in response to meeting those needs. We examine the use of digital health/telemental health in two case examples, one of a natural disaster and one of a man-made disaster. Finally, we examine a blended telemental health model for collaboration between mental health and primary care providers in post-disaster settings. Digital health/telemental health is positioned on the cusp of the technology explosion, thus bringing much needed medical and mental health care to previously under-served populations.
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