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This article addresses the need for improved clergy-mental health professional collaboration in the assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Tens of millions of North Americans with personal problems seek the counsel of clergy. There is an absence of research on the function of clergy as helpers with the traumatized and on the psychological dynamics of religious coping among the traumatized. Psychological trauma presents the mental health and religious communities with unique opportunities to work together in the best interest of those they serve.
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Serviços Comunitários de Saúde Mental/organização & administração , Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde , Relações Interinstitucionais , Assistência Religiosa/organização & administração , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/reabilitação , Planejamento em Saúde Comunitária , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , América do NorteRESUMO
The Counting Method is a technique for modulating and mastering traumatic memories in which the therapist counts out loud to 100 while the client silently remembers a traumatic event. Immediately afterward, the recollection is reported, discussed and reframed. This method is briefly described and its use within the context of ongoing therapy is explained.
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Rememoração Mental , Psicoterapia/métodos , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/terapia , Humanos , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/psicologiaAssuntos
Serviços Comunitários de Saúde Mental/provisão & distribuição , Desinstitucionalização , Serviços de Saúde Mental/estatística & dados numéricos , Doença Crônica , Associações de Consumidores , Organização do Financiamento , Humanos , Transtornos Mentais/reabilitação , Serviços de Saúde Mental/economia , Estados Unidos , Recursos HumanosAssuntos
Crime , Estresse Psicológico , Violência , Ansiedade , Atitude , Depressão , Governo , Humanos , Relações Interpessoais , Jornais como Assunto , Transtornos Paranoides , Personalidade , Opinião Pública , TelevisãoRESUMO
The author describes the history and implications of recent legislation affecting community mental health centers. New legislative requirements will result in centers seeing typically underserved populations (children, the elderly, and drug and alcohol abusers) as part of 7 new essential services. The impact of new grant mechanisms and the role of the National Institute of Mental Health in assisting and evaluating centers are examined. The author concludes that as a result of legislative and other trends in mental health care, psychiatrists will be seeing sicker patients for shorter periods, role confusion in the mental health professions will lessen, and centers will be forced to devote much time and effort to financial concerns and appropriate allocation of manpower.
