The 2010 Haiti earthquake response

Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2013 Sep;36(3):431-50. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2013.05.006.

Abstract

This article presents an overview of the mental health response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Discussion includes consideration of complexities that relate to emergency response, mental health and psychosocial response in disasters, long-term planning of systems of care, and the development of safe, effective, and culturally sound mental health services in the Haitian context. This information will be of value to mental health professionals and policy specialists interested in mental health in Haiti, and in the delivery of mental health services in particularly resource-limited contexts in the setting of disasters.

Keywords: Disaster; Earthquake; Haiti; Mental health; Psychosocial.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Attitude to Health / ethnology
  • Child
  • Culture
  • Delivery of Health Care*
  • Developing Countries
  • Disaster Planning / organization & administration*
  • Disaster Planning / standards
  • Earthquakes*
  • Emergency Services, Psychiatric / organization & administration
  • Haiti / epidemiology
  • Health Planning
  • Health Policy
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Health Services Needs and Demand*
  • Humans
  • Interinstitutional Relations
  • International Agencies
  • Medically Underserved Area
  • Mental Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Mental Health Services / supply & distribution
  • Relief Work / organization & administration*
  • Religion
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Workforce