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Psychological Aspects of Bioterrorism
March 4 , 2004
With Robert J. Ursano, MD
Program Description:
This program will address the fact that communities and individuals react to
the stress of terror, as they do to natural events. Dr. Ursano, Professor and
Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Center for the Study
of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine will discuss
what public and private health professionals need to consider when dealing with
the public's emotional and psychological health in times of stress and emergency.
Objectives:
At the conclusion of the presentation, the participants
will be able to:
- Identify the three primary agencies/systems involved in protecting the public's health before, during and after a terrorist event
- List at least three examples of trauma-related disorders
- Describe at least three ways in which public health professionals can assist in interventions following disasters
Who Should Attend:
National audience of state and local public health professionals, appropriate
representatives from regional health departments, health-care facilities, emergency
department workers, county executive offices and emergency management offices,
public health partners (e.g., law enforcement, EMS, media representatives, etc)
selected by each local health region with whom they are likely to interact around
BT issues.
When:
Thursday, March 4, 2004
9:00 - 10:00 am EST (rebroadcast 4:00 - 5:00 pm)
Local site:
University at Albany School of Public Health
George Education Center Auditorium
University at Albany East Campus, Routes 9 & 20 (near Interstate 787 & downtown
Albany).
This project was supported under a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH). Grant number U36/CCU 30430-21. The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC or ASPH.
