By Dr. Thomas G. Hedberg | Executive Director, IMCRA-DOJ
"Too frequently it's after the emergency responders and the newsmen leave that the real problems begin". This observation from the UN's office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs was a mandate to IMCRA at its inception and has been the mantra of our long-term Community Cyberspace program ever since.
What OCHA was referring to is underway very painfully in the Phillipines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan and in Connecticut as we approach the one-year anniversary of the Newtown Massacre.
Community Cyberspace has been reaching out to specialists in the nightmares, fear-reactions, personality changes and depression that accompany PTSD in both communities. Recently, Dr. Saclolo has recorded new educational modules in both English and Tagalog for healthcare workers dealing with populations still realling from the savage destruction in the Phillippines. Other bilingual faculty will be offering additional interactive resources shortly.
In the US, we have also recruited psychiatrists skilled in confidential interactions with both PTSD patients and their families. Community Cyberspace will be presenting its work in a Symposium in Boston on 11 December in coordination with the Second Annual BUMC/VA Joining Forces TBI/PTSD Conference.
Please help us to defray some of the expenses associated with recording our faculty, providing confidential access to patients using the system and the associated web-hosting and data processing costs. We want to make these Community Cyberspace medical resources accessible to the widest number of people who need them.
Thank you.
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