Challenges of mental health care in Latin America in the aftermath of disasters
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2015
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Disasters are increasing its frequency in the world and Latin America. Post-traumatic mental disorders are one of the most important consequences of these events, with significant costs for the public health of communities. During the last decades, the world has designed and organized different models of intervention to prevent and treat post-disaster mental disorders. Latin America - as a region in course of development - has been facing its own local challenges to accomplish this task. In order to get a glimpse about the key challenges of disaster mental health in Latin America, we surveyed the public health officials in charge of disaster mental health in different countries of the region, asking them the to identify the most important challenges they are facing in their duties. In this keynote, we present the most important results and discuss the implications for future public health actions.