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Current Psychiatry Reports
Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports 8/2014

01-08-2014 | Disaster Psychiatry (CS North and B Pfefferbaum, Section Editors)

Disaster Behavioral Health: Legal and Ethical Considerations in a Rapidly Changing Field

Authors: Brian W. Flynn, Anthony H. Speier

Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports | Issue 8/2014

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Abstract

Disaster behavioral health is increasingly regarded as a central part of disaster preparedness, response and recovery. Legal and ethical issues have received relatively little attention and have sparked divergent opinions. Optimally, understanding and applying legal and ethical considerations requires an understanding of the evolution of the disaster behavioral health field and the context of disaster response and recovery. In addition, there are many legal and ethical questions identified for consideration, and many ways to approach reaching understanding and consensus. Traditionally, discussions of disaster behavioral health, including legal and ethical issues, have not included understanding decision making processes that occur in extreme circumstances. Models which interpret disaster response operations as complex adaptive systems are presented for consideration as useful tools for preparing mental health workers for effectively delivering services in acute disaster response environments.
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Metadata
Title
Disaster Behavioral Health: Legal and Ethical Considerations in a Rapidly Changing Field
Authors
Brian W. Flynn
Anthony H. Speier
Publication date
01-08-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Psychiatry Reports / Issue 8/2014
Print ISSN: 1523-3812
Electronic ISSN: 1535-1645
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-014-0457-9

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