Modelo de tamizaje, atención y monitoreo de la salud mental para adultos en casos de desastre.

Model for adult mental health screening, treatment, and monitoring in disasters.

Disasters affect all members of a community; however, not all react in the same way. It is therefore essential to identify those who require specialized interventions, and establish appropriate referral and treatment pathways for different mental health services. Authors synthesize recommendations from evidence-based interventions to inform mental health care efforts for populations exposed to disasters, specifically in relation to screening, referral and psychological treatment. The authors propose a comprehensive model of coordinated efforts that uses existing services and infrastructure. This aims to incentivize future inter-institutional collaboration and a greater professionalization of public mental health in México [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Los desastres afectan a todos los miembros de una comunidad; sin embargo, no todos reaccionan de la misma forma. Por ello, resulta esencial identificar quiénes requieren intervenciones especializadas, así como establecer mecanismos de referencia y atención adecuados para los diferentes servicios de salud mental. Los autores sintetizan recomendaciones de intervenciones basadas en evidencia para informar los esfuerzos de atención a la salud mental para poblaciones expuestas a desastres, específicamente respecto al proceso de tamizaje, referencia y atención psicológica. Asimismo, proponen un modelo comprensivo y de acción coordinada, que utilice los servicios e infraestructura ya existentes, con el objetivo de incentivar tanto la colaboración interinstitucional a futuro, como una mayor profesionalización de la salud mental pública en México. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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