Bio-Psycho-Social Responses to Disaster

Topic: 
Mental Health
Format: 
Online Course
Time: 
45 minutes
Level: 
Introductory
University: 
University of North Carolina
PERLC: 
University of North Carolina PERLC

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Description: 

This training offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is part of the North Carolina Disaster Response Network Training series and provides an understanding of the biological, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual responses to stress as a consequence of disasters.

Learning Objectives: 
  • Be aware of the biological responses to threat and danger
  • Describe the concept of cognitive positioning or the assessment of threat and danger
  • Define the impact of the response to disaster on individuals and communities