WHAT:
Disaster Mental Health 101 for Refugee and Immigrant Communities
WHEN:
Wednesday, September 9th
2:30 – 4:30PM
WHERE:
801 Market Street (Entrance on 8th Street)
Room 1154B
Philadelphia, PA 19107
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Service Agency Case Managers, Social Workers, and Community Leaders
SPONSORS:
Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS)
Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH)
Free Library of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Refugee Health Collaborative
Nationalities Service Center (NSC)
African Families Health Organization (AFAHO)
DESCRIPTION:
Participants will learn:
The basics of disaster mental health
How different disasters create different individual and community responses
Why culture is critical to understanding reactions
How community resilience and strengths can be used in disaster recovery
What alternate treatment resources may be useful
This event is FREE and open to the public.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
SEE ATTACHED FLYER.
Contact Sarah Levin-Lederer at sarah.levin-lederer@phila.gov or (215) 685-6801.
