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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Behavioral Health Disaster Response App

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2015

Jamie Seligman ,
Stephanie S. Felder  and
Maryann E. Robinson
Jamie Seligman
Affiliation:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Rockville, Maryland.
Stephanie S. Felder*
Affiliation:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Rockville, Maryland.
Maryann E. Robinson
Affiliation:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Rockville, Maryland.
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Stephanie Felder, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Rockville, MD 20857 (e-mail: Stephanie.felder@samhsa.hhs.gov).
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Abstract

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the Department of Health and Human Services offers extensive disaster behavior health resources to assist disaster survivors in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and manmade disasters. One of SAMHSA’s most innovative resources is the SAMHSA Behavioral Health Disaster Response App (SAMHSA Disaster App). The SAMHSA Disaster App prepares behavioral health responders for any type of traumatic event by allowing them to access disaster-related materials and other key resources right on their phone, at the touch of a button. The SAMHSA Disaster App is available on iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry devices. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2015;9:516–518)

Keywords

emergency respondersdisaster planningemergency medical service communication systemsemergency preparednessdisasters
Type
Responder Tools
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 9 , Issue 5 , October 2015 , pp. 516 - 518
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2015 

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