61st Annual Conference

 

Thursday, February 26

All-Day Workshops
10:30 A.M. -1:30 P.M. & 3:00 – 6:00 P.M.

Workshop P 4a
 Mental Health Response to Disaster: What Happens in the Community?

 

Chairs:            

Randi Cohen, ACSW, M.S.W., M.A., CGP, Private Practice, New York, New York

Randy Lehrer, M.S.W., CGP, Professional Associate in Psychiatry at New York

Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York

 

Part A:  3 hours

Presenters:             

John Draper, Ph.D., Director, LifeNet, Mental Health Association, New York, New York    

Adam Gurvitch, Director of Health Advocacy, New York Immigration Coalition

Jessica Klaitman, M.S.W., Manager of Community Relations and Advocacy 9/11 United Services Group, New York, New York

April Naturale, Director, New York State, Project Liberty, Albany, New York

Ami Orava, Voluntary Agency Liaison Section Mental Health, FEMA

Michael Zeiss, Assistant Director, Policy and Planning Family Support Services, American Red Cross in Greater New York, New York, New York 

 

Part B :  3-hours

Presenters:

Claude Chemtob, Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Mount

Sinai Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, New York, New York

Marylene Cloitre, Ph.D., Adolescent Psychiatry Director, Institute for Trauma

and Stress, New York University Child Study Center, New York, New York

Angela Diaz, M.D., MPH, Director of Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, New

York, New York

Spencer Eth, M.D., Senior Vice President and Medical Director Behavioral Health

Services, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, New York, New York

Madelyn Miller, CSW, CGP, Chair, Disaster Trauma Working Group, NASW, New York, New York

This workshop will provide a forum for clarifying and creating a clear protocol for effective and immediate outreach into the community following a disaster. Those involved will help assess needs and develop clarification of what worked and what didn't following the 9/11 tragedy. Section A will consist of a small round table group discussions. These groups will be moderated by representatives of organizations that were heavily called upon in post 9/11 work. Section B will convene a panel of trauma experts who have been involved in this disaster and others. They will address the protocol and evaluate the effectiveness of the 9/11 interventions. The intent will be to establish a significant and realistic protocol for mental health in responding to future disasters in New York City and throughout the nation. demonstration-didactic-experiential-sharing of work experiences

 Course References:

1. Mental Health and Mass Violence, Evidence- based early psychological Intervention for

    victims/survivors of mass violence, a workshop to reach consensus On best practices, U.S.   

    Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of

    Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice, American Red Cross, Airlie Conference Center.

    Warrenton, VA (2001).

2. Klein, R. & Schermer, V. Group Psychotherapy for Psychological Trauma

3. Van der kolk, B., Psychological Trauma