Disaster Mental Health
All Hazards Core Competencies


Core competencies are defined as having 
knowledge, skills, and abilities related to: 

All Hazards systems, plans, and key concepts

Community-wide assessment models

Rapid assessment and triage

Disaster related stress reactions: survivors, responders, colleagues, & self

Evidence-based disaster mental health risk factors

Crisis intervention

Psychological first aid

Psychoeducation

Cross-cultural considerations

Traumatic grief & loss

Problem-solving and conflict resolution

Information & referral processconsiderations

Advocacy

Evidence-based stress-related treatments

Working in disaster-mental settings/ altered environments (shelters, relief centers, unconventional intervention settings)

Concepts of risk communication

Field safety considerations

Management of substance abuse

Provider self-care issues