Preparing Scotland: responding to the psychosocial and mental health needs of people affected by emergencies

Footnotes

1 Williams R, et al. Guidance for responding to the psychosocial and mental health needs of people affected by disasters or major incidents, 2009. Available at: www.healthplanning.co.uk/principles

2 Both available at www.readyscotland.org/ready-government/preparing-scotland/

3 Disaster Action can take an advisory role to the Care for People team and/or may be involved in direct service delivery when they have been approached by those affected. Information is available from Disaster Action at http://www.disasteraction.org.uk/default.htm

4 See Preparing Scotland: Warning and Informing Scotland and Preparing Scotland: Warning and Informing Scotland - Using Social Media in Emergencies, both at www.readyscotland.org/ready-government/preparing-scotland/

5 See http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ukresilience/preparedness/informationsharing.aspx

6 See Preparing Scotland: Warning and Informing Scotland and Preparing Scotland: Warning and Informing Scotland - Using Social Media in Emergencies, both at www.readyscotland.org/ready-government/preparing-scotland/

7 Guidance on this is available from Disaster Action at http://www.disasteraction.org.uk/leaflets/Bringing_People_Together.pdf

8 www.nice.org.uk (Anxiety: cg22 / Depression: cg90 / PTSD: cg26 / Substance misuse: cg51)

9 www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/media/425354/psychology_matrix_2011s.pdf

10 Guidance on this is provided by a Disaster Action leaflet entitled 'Legal Representation after a Disaster' at:
http://www.disasteraction.org.uk/support/da_guide12.htm

11 A senior person responsible for protecting the confidentiality of patient and service user information. See
http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/data/ods/searchtools/caldicott