In IASC (2007)/ PFA (2007)/ SPR (2010), there is no description of "Disaster Preparation" and " Expression of traumatic experiences" Reviewing activities of psychological support in the acute phase of Great East Japan Earthquake, I have found it necessary for the international guidelines to be modified. After Kobe earthquake in 1995, US mental health teams recommended the psychological debriefing (Mitchell,1984). Since I had realized it would be too difficult for the victims to verbally express their painful experiences and emotions when more than 6,000 people died, we, instead, implemented "Relax-Dohsa-hou" that has been developed in Japan. Later on, PD was found to be a clinically inappropriate approach after the terrorist attacks in 2001. For mental health care after Great East Japan Earthquake, our country's psychiatric and medical teams have chosen to use -PFA(2007)/IASC(2007)/SPR(2010)as their guidelines.. However, I found these guidelines to be inadequate due to the following three reasons; 1, PFA (2007) · IASC (2007) · SPR (2010) shows only verbal approach to victims. For example; < Introduce yourself with your name, title, and describe your role. Ask for permission to talk to him / her, and explain that you are there to see if you can be of help. 23p (PFA)> Especially in the acute phase, it is important for care providers to provide the victims with several options of services they would like to receive before getting into psychological care. For example, the victims can be invited to children’s play room, relaxation time, footbath, café events, and so on to start building relationships with care providers. The same approach is also effective for crime victims.. The reason why having this preparation process is so important is that mental health care providers who directly (verbally) offer their services to the victims are most likely to be rejected. Tohoku Stress Reduction Net is the group of professionals who have been providing "Relax-Dohsa-hou" for the victims, and their responses to such an intervention have been very positive. Immediately after the traumatic experience, victims need to feel physical safety. Therefore, I would like to suggest that the statement of "mental health and psychosocial support" needs to be changed to "Physical-psycho-social support". I believe these three guidelines contain excellent principles and methods only after the initiation process is successfully done. 2, PFA (2007) · IASC (2007) · SPR (2010) do not include "Disaster Preparation". Disaster Preparation is problem-focused coping technique under disaster stress, based on stress coping model. Through...
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