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		<description><![CDATA[I&#160; WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH STRESS REACTION THAT OCURRED TEN YEARS AGO: THE TERRORIST ATTACK TO THE UNITED STATES ON 9/11/2001 Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz[1], PhDSeptember 9, 2011Cayey, Puerto Rico In the morning I was awakened by a dog barking in the distance. I had a slight headache, stiff neck, was shaky and hyper-vigilant. [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUPPORT FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz[1] We take great pride in sending or younger man and woman on combat missions to different parts of the world. We have welcomed back troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. The injured are handled differently, and the psychosocial support for the next of kin and extended family [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[CRISIS COMMUNICATION, PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT AND THE AMERICAN WAY Crisis Communications is a required subject to achieve a “Certificate in Emergency/ Crisis &#160;Management”. Most bureaucrats and politicians are trained in the subject. I became increasingly interested in the subject when the Director of FEMA had to resign in the high of the Katrina response. As I [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychosocial Support in the aftermath of the Oslo Bombings Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz[1], PhD I was astounded and saddened with the news of the bombing and shooting incident in a campground in Oslo yesterday. Our sincere and deepest condolences, to all the citizens of Norway. Terrorism, whether from the right or the left, as a [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top 10 Articles Published in Community Based Psychosocial Support since 2008 Prewitt Diaz JO: Integrating psychosocial programs in multi-sector responses to international disasters. Am Psychol; 2008 Nov;63(8):820-7.  North CS: A tale of two studies of two disasters: comparing psychosocial responses to disaster among Oklahoma City bombing survivors and Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Rehabil Psychol; 2010 Aug;55(3):241-6. [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychosocial support is a simple tool for protection and community development Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz[1] PhD An increase in natural disasters and conflicts, an awareness of disaster-affected peoples needs, and a group of people that assured that the human rights of disaster affected people are protected has created the synergy for psychosocial support to be [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learnings from Psychosocial Supports projects managed by external “Experts” after disasters Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz,[1] PhD I just completed over fifty after action reports of psychosocial support programs during the 2004 South Asia Tsunami and the January 2010 Haiti Earthquake. We were trying to understand the impact of external psychosocial experts in diverse groups ranging [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[When feeling afraid brings out the best in you! Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz[1] I have spent a large portion of my life feeling afraid and reacting to that feeling. Insecurity, not feeling secure after a catastrophic event, is a normal reaction to an abnormal event. But when you spend a large portion of your life [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT PAVES THE PATH TO A NEW WORLD Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz[1] PhD Psychosocial support is a cross cutting issue in the SPHERE Project 2011. The main role of psychosocial support is to assure that the emotional needs of affected-persons are addressed as they recover from major disaster or conflicts. Community based psychosocial support [...]]]></description>
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