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How to Create a Disaster Behavioral Health Plan

Relias

These can include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and more. Those experiencing PTSD following a disaster will exhibit different symptoms. While PFA is not a substitute for therapy or other forms of psychiatric care, agencies can use it to help reduce stress and trauma immediately following a disaster.

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BSW & MSW Scholarship Recipients 2022-2023

University of Connecticut

My current internship has provided me with so many opportunities to meet with community partners, learn how to use anticipatory empathy, and practice motivational interviewing. My field placement is with Wellmore Behavioral Health in Waterbury, where I am an Intensive In-home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services clinician.