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Assessing the Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Linkage Into Mental Health Care Program for Adults Affected by Hurricane Sandy

OBJECTIVE: Research indicates that greater exposure to Hurricane Sandy is associated with increased mental health difficulties. This study examined whether Project Restoration, a program that linked adults into mental health care (L2C), was effective in reducing post-Sandy mental health difficulties...

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Autores principales: Schwartz, Rebecca M, Corley, Samantha S, Rasul, Rehana, Bevilacqua, Kristin G, Gonzalez, Adam, Gillezeau, Christina, Lieberman-Cribbin, Wil, Taioli, Emanuela
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9905213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36062582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.176
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author Schwartz, Rebecca M
Corley, Samantha S
Rasul, Rehana
Bevilacqua, Kristin G
Gonzalez, Adam
Gillezeau, Christina
Lieberman-Cribbin, Wil
Taioli, Emanuela
author_facet Schwartz, Rebecca M
Corley, Samantha S
Rasul, Rehana
Bevilacqua, Kristin G
Gonzalez, Adam
Gillezeau, Christina
Lieberman-Cribbin, Wil
Taioli, Emanuela
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description OBJECTIVE: Research indicates that greater exposure to Hurricane Sandy is associated with increased mental health difficulties. This study examined whether Project Restoration, a program that linked adults into mental health care (L2C), was effective in reducing post-Sandy mental health difficulties as compared to a cohort of adults matched on mental health difficulties that were not linked into post-Sandy mental health care. METHODS: Project Restoration participants (n = 52) with elevated self-reported mental health difficulties had the option to enroll into L2C. Project LIGHT (n = 63) used similar methodologies but did not have a L2C component and served as the matched control group. RESULTS: Multivariable modeling showed significant decreases in all mental health difficulties except for depression in the Project Restoration group, whereas there were no significant decreases in LIGHT. The decrease in anxiety from baseline to follow-up was significantly greater for Project Restoration as compared to LIGHT. CONCLUSION: Findings confirm the powerful impact community outreach and treatment have on reducing mental health difficulties after a disaster.
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spelling pubmed-99052132023-03-05 Assessing the Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Linkage Into Mental Health Care Program for Adults Affected by Hurricane Sandy Schwartz, Rebecca M Corley, Samantha S Rasul, Rehana Bevilacqua, Kristin G Gonzalez, Adam Gillezeau, Christina Lieberman-Cribbin, Wil Taioli, Emanuela Disaster Med Public Health Prep Article OBJECTIVE: Research indicates that greater exposure to Hurricane Sandy is associated with increased mental health difficulties. This study examined whether Project Restoration, a program that linked adults into mental health care (L2C), was effective in reducing post-Sandy mental health difficulties as compared to a cohort of adults matched on mental health difficulties that were not linked into post-Sandy mental health care. METHODS: Project Restoration participants (n = 52) with elevated self-reported mental health difficulties had the option to enroll into L2C. Project LIGHT (n = 63) used similar methodologies but did not have a L2C component and served as the matched control group. RESULTS: Multivariable modeling showed significant decreases in all mental health difficulties except for depression in the Project Restoration group, whereas there were no significant decreases in LIGHT. The decrease in anxiety from baseline to follow-up was significantly greater for Project Restoration as compared to LIGHT. CONCLUSION: Findings confirm the powerful impact community outreach and treatment have on reducing mental health difficulties after a disaster. 2022-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9905213/ /pubmed/36062582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.176 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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Lieberman-Cribbin, Wil
Taioli, Emanuela
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9905213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36062582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.176
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