Author: Saroja Krishnaswamy, Margaria Malayapillay, Leong Min See.
Year: 2008
Source: ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 9, Supplement 1, 26-29 August 2008, page 39.
The paper seeks to outline the development of a module to train primary mental health workers comprising doctors, nurses, school counselors community leaders to become trainers in primary mental health intervention skills in the aftermath of the tsunami disaster in Penang. The module focused on providing input on recognition of the signs & symptoms of stress and the teaching of basic intervention skills of normalization, validation and reframing. A basic introduction to the theory and practice o...