Refuge
Volume 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-54

Post-disaster mental distress relief: Health promotion and knowledge exchange in partnership with a refugee diaspora community (Article)

Simich L.* , Andermann L. , Rummens J.A. , Lo T.
  • a Department of Psychiatry, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Social Equity and Health Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • b Culture Community and Health Studies, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • c Community Health Systems Resource Group, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, Culture Community and Health Studies, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • d Culture Community and Health Studies, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, General Psychiatry Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Abstract

After the 2004 Asian tsunami, a group of concerned scientists, physicians, and community service providers united to form a Local Distress Relief Network (LDRN) to provide information, referral, and care to affected members of the large Sri Lankan Tamil community in Toronto. The LDRN organized a workshop that brought together community-based organizations and international and local experts in mental health and disaster response to review existing knowledge on disaster response and to share community knowledge and experience. This article summarizes the development of the network, the workshop proceedings and joint recommendations for community-based, culturally appropriate mental distress relief.

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Index Keywords

disaster management refugee diaspora community organization health care knowledge disaster relief mental health Indian Ocean tsunami 2004
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-45449102895&partnerID=40&md5=7f379275e079096e4c37ce5eff740f77
ISSN: 02295113
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English