Disability Fact Sheet #13 (FS13)
Dieser MedGuide erleichtert die Diagnostik psychischer Störungen bei fremdsprachigen Patienten.
Es wurden die wichtigsten Punkte einer psychiatrischen und psychotherapeutischen Anamnese zu beruecksichtigen. Dabei legten sie einen besonderen Schwerpunkt auf Fragen zur posttraumatischen Belastungsst...örung / PTBS und Dissoziation.
Wichtig war ebenfalls die Abfrage von Migrationsaspekten wie Integration und von kulturellen Besonderheiten.
Dieser „gruene“ MedGuide bietet somit eine sehr umfassende Sammlung von Fragen und Antworten, die in der medizinischen Versorgung von psychisch erkrankten Menschen wichtig sind.
Zusatztipp: Der blaü MedGuide „Allgemeinmedizin“ dient als Grundlage für die somatische Diagnostik auch bei psychischen Störungen
Der Guide kann ab April 2018 für 39.90 € erworben werden.
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The Guidelines for essential trauma care seek to set achievable standards for trauma treatment services which could realistically be made available to almost every injured person in the world. They then seek to define the resources that would be necessary to assure such care. These include human res...ources (staffing and training) and physical resources (infrastructure, equipment and supplies).
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The DHS report itself explains the purpose was, “to obtain and provide information on basic indicators of social progress including fertility, childhood mortality, reproductive and child health, nutritional status of children, and awareness of HIV/AIDS and other health-related issues” in PNG. Th...is is important because a DHS then provides the evidence base for PNG officials themselves to track progress in PNG over time, compare trends with other comparable countries, and then allocate financial and human resources to where they are needed most.
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Case report from The fYR MACEDONIA
NGO Social Contracting
Sustainable Financing of National HIV Responses
The purpose of this document is to inform the public about biological and chemical hazards and thereby prepare the population for an immediate response in the event of an incident until public health support is provided.
The agents reported here are: Anthrax, Botulism, Haemorrhagic Fever,
...Smallpox, the Plague, Tularaemia, Chlorine, Cyanide, Lewisite, Mustard Gas,
Ricin, Sarin, Soman, Tabun and VX. This list is not exhaustive and no doubt
other dangerous types could be produced. They have been selected as they are the most often mentioned threats. This information has been prepared with the public in mind, and thus much of the medical terminology has been removed and replaced with every day language.
Also available in Arabic: http://www.who.int/csr/delibepidemics/biochem_threatsAR.pdf?ua=1
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2nd edition.
The book is aimed at general health workers in low- and middle-income country settings and has some chapters on perinatal mental health. That said, it has definite applicability in high-income country settings too! In the new edition, there has been a big expansion of the psychosocial ...interventions. Thanks to your advocacy for such a resource being open-access (as the first edition was not), the book is freely available for download: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/where-there-is-no-psychiatrist/47578A845CAFC7E23A181749A4190B54
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Distributing immediate, lifesaving assistance is one of the most urgent actions in an emergency response and can significantly improve the safety and wellbeing of individuals. Non-Food Items (NFI), Food Security, WASH and Shelter in-kind assistance actors can help reduce and mitigate pr...otection risks to individuals and communities when conducting distributions.
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Lancet Glob Health 2021 Published Online December 13, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00463-
2014-2020, Draft March 2014