By Dr. Thomas G. Hedberg | Executive Director, IMCRA
IMCRA is changing the focus of its Community Cyberspace program to concentrate exclusively on the scourge of post-traumatic mental disorders and the devastaing effect they have on daily life.
The unfortunate reality of 2014 is that we live in parlous times. Multiple small wars are now raging all over the globe. Violence by and against civilians is epidemic in the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, the USA and elsewhere. Climate change has increased the incidence of dangerous weather conditions, and hurricanes and tornadoes are frighteningly more frequent. Soldiers, firemen and peace officers return from duty psychologically crushed by the horrors they have seen and participated in. Innocent citizens live shattered lives in the shadow of great natural and man-made catastrophes.
IMCRA has recently joined forces with a number of organizations, most recently the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (in process), to organize a series of interactive educational modules on the identification and long-term treatment of multiple post-traumatic mental disorders under the umbrella term PTSD.
These modules have been recorded by world-renowned experts in PTSD, TBI, and long-term trauma care. They are 100% interactive so both medical professionals and lay caregivers can access the system freely via an internet portal as well as by smartphone and mobile systems.
In August and September we are upgrading our delivery system to load more modules Among the advantages of the IMCRA system; it provides multi-level resources in the native language of the impacted populations and their caregivers, is anonymously accessed and used, allows download of further diagnostic and reference materials and provides a sequential pathway for psychological and psychosocial intervention at the level of the patient, family, physician and healthcare system.
Your kind help will speed this process and help in recruiting more medical experts.
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