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Updated September 2008
Our chapter takes pride in being one of the first chapters in the nation to have a fully developed Mental Health function and to have developed MOU/SOU's with Santa Cruz County Mental Health Department. We currently have one of the largest mental health teams in the country for a chapter of our size. We are fortunate to have a supportive staff and board of directors at our chapter and many talented mental health professionals on our team.
Below are links to the various disaster mental health guidelines. Please note that the original files are located below, in the Related Documents:
1. ARC Mental Health Team On-Call Guidelines and Requirements 2. Mental Health Volunteer Duties
3. Steps for Post Check-ins with a Volunteer Returning from a disaster
4. Guidelines for Mental Health Workers assisting Health Services Workers/Nurses to screen volunteers being considered for National Assignment
5.Mental Health Screening Assessment
6. Considerations for a Hardship Assignment
7. Coping on a Disaster Assignment
8. Following a Critical Incident: Tapping into Resilience for Healthy Self-Care
9. Ensuring Healthy Transitioning Post Disaster Assignment: Guidelines for Mental Health Workers as Facilitators for Enhancing Resilience
10. Annotated Bibliography of Disaster Mental Health/Critical Incident Web Resources, by Junell Silver , Ph.D. and Diane Brdgeman, Ph.D.
11.Strength-based Approach for Therapist and Client: Preventive and Coping Strategies
12. Dealing with the Stress of Deployment : Hurricane Gustav
13. Taking Care of your Emotional Wellbeing
14. Assessing Why and How to Offer DMH Assistance
Guidelines For:
1. Developing an American Red Cross and Related Disaster Mental Health Team
2. Sustaining an American Red Cross and Related Disaster Mental Health Team
Our team is composed of licensed mental health professionals across all areas of our professional guilds including MFTs, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, Psychiatric Nurses and Psychologists. We value the American Red Cross for its inclusiveness and its emphasis that the mental health functions not only serve our community and nation, but the American Red Cross staff and volunteers who carry out the humanitarian work of the American Red Cross. We also embrace and attend to due diligence in our efforts by honoring universal respect, professionalism and sensitivity to issues of diversity and fairness.
Please direct comments or inquires to:
Diane Bridgeman, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist and American Red Cross Instructor
Volunteer Mental Health Coordinator
831-420-1109
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