Deck 17: Disaster Response

Question 1

Successful disaster systems relief must be multitheoretical.​

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The super mesosystem links the macrosystem with all interior systems.​

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The honeymoon period is characterized by an outcry for help from the federal government.​

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Facebook is not a critical ingredient in disaster communication.​

Question 5

Professional organizations such as the National Association of School Psychologists' NEAT Teams deal mainly with school disasters such as Columbine.​

Question 6

The birth of disaster mental health delivery systems can be traced to 9/11.​

Question 7

At about one year the chronosystem predicts that a pathogenic shift will occur.​

Question 8

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Management Institute is so comprehensive it even includes mortuary services and hazardous materials courses.​

Question 9

A local emergency management agency's response in such disasters as a hurricane largely hinges on a "wait and see" approach.​

Question 10

At a minimum an ecosystemic crisis may pervade an entire community.​

Question 11

Directors of local emergency management agencies are a new breed of government technocrat.​

Question 12

As strange as it may seems,LEMAs may devote a lot of attention to animals following a disaster.​

Question 13

The microsystem encompasses the individual and his or her family only.​

Question 14

An ecosystemic crisis can create victims far away from the actual event.​

Question 15

The disillusionment phase occurs about three months into the chronosystem of a disaster's aftermath.​

Question 16

The decision stage in a LEMA plan is the point in time in which the decision is of whether to declare an emergency is made.​

Question 17

The mesosystem measures the time element across which a disaster develops.​

Question 18

The NOVA model is an example of governmental efforts to develop proactive and preventive strategies for crises.​

Question 19

Overarching all other local service providers of crisis intervention in a disaster is the Local Emergency Management Agency (LEMA).​

Question 20

There are people in the world who see the western world's mental-health-type disaster mitigation as useless and contrived.​

Question 21

A formal debriefing follows an introduction,facts,thoughts,reactions,symptoms,teaching,and reentry model.​

Question 22

Mental health workers who made the scene after Katrina were immediately plunged into intensive therapy with victims and survivors.​

Question 23

Which of the following describes a metastasizing crisis?​

A)Affect entire countries or the world
B)​Starts small but turns into a large-scale crisis
C)​The communication systems used during a crisis.
D)Is localized in the community

Question 24

National crisis response teams (NCRT's)rapidly go out and assist communities following:​

A)community-wide disasters.
B)​manmade disasters only.
C)​failure of local crisis agencies.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 25

Psychological First Aid delivered on a massive scale following large scale disasters is sufficient to deal with most disaster-related mental health issues.​

Question 26

The mesosystem is a:​

A)rapid response system.
B)​national response system.
C)​communications system.
D)local emergency management system.

Question 27

The microsystem includes all but which of the following?​

A)Family members
B)​Social clubs and churches
C)​Co-workers and neighbors
D)Local social media groups

Question 28

There is little opportunity to carve a career out of crisis intervention because of its minor status as a player in the mental health business.​

Question 29

Mandatory debriefing is not necessary for all workers and in fact may be demeaning and dehumanizing.​

Question 30

Systemic and comprehensive intervention in a large scale or mega crisis by the United States government is about how many years old?​

A)30
B)​50
C)​100
D)150

Question 31

The exosystem includes:​

A)communications created by word-of-mouth,cell phones,and local newspapers.
B)​timelines for easing or exacerbating the crisis.
C)​the community and even state or regional entities.
D)federal agencies such as NIMH and FEMA.

Question 32

A satellite in orbit would be part of the:​

A)chronosystem.
B)​super macrosystem.
C)​primary mesosystem.
D)super mesosystem.

Question 33

Mental health workers often work with disaster relief workers.​

Question 34

The National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)evolved on a national level in order to respond to the needs of:​

A)isolated rural communities.
B)​deinstitutionalized mental patients.
C)​victims of violent crime.
D)victims of natural or manmade disasters.

Question 35

The Midville tornado response typifies an integrated horizontal and vertical disaster relief approach.​

Question 36

Disasters have their worst effects on people who are poor,old,sick,and otherwise disenfranchised from societal benefits.​

Question 37

Crisis workers who go to the scene of a disaster may not:​

A)debrief victims.
B)​debrief themselves.
C)​debrief other emergency personnel.
D)assist in locating relatives and survivors.

Question 38

Getting enough food and rest is not as important for crisis workers as debriefing at the end of every shift.​

Question 39

At about one year the chronosystem predicts that individuals may be subject to the onset of transcrisis or delayed onset of PTSD even though they have done fairly well until that time.​

Question 40

The super mesosystem is a:​

A)Bureau of Homeland Security systems and networks.
B)​communication link between macrosystems and the exo- and microsystem.
C)​extralocal social networks.
D)pattern of events over the lifespan of the members of a microsystem.

Question 41

Professional organizations such as the American School Counseling Association provide all of these,except:​

A)counseling assistance after disasters.
B)​information and psycho-educational materials for the public.
C)​formats for discussion of theory and practice of crisis intervention.
D)disaster relief services for adults.

Question 42

One of the critiques of Katrina disaster relief that is not valid is that:​

A)people had to be coerced into volunteering to help.
B)​money and staff had been diverted to counterterrorism activities.
C)​there was a lack of efficient communication.
D)there were ambiguous authority relationships.

Question 43

According to Freeman,a natural disaster and crisis is over when:​

A)FEMA declares it over.
B)​everyone's dog has come home and Aunt Nellie has been found.
C)​the dead and wounded have all been found.
D)federal disaster aid impact areas are declared.

Question 44

The chronosystem includes:​

A)both individual and system timelines.
B)​communication links and their timeline development.
C)​changing from mainly reactive programs to mainly proactive ones.
D)FEMA,SEMA,and LEMA timelines.

Question 45

On a chronosystem,disillusionment in the system may first occur:​

A)as the community pulls together to address disaster recovery.
B)​when survivors perceive a transcrisis point.
C)​as problems in the pace of recovery occur.
D)as survivors begin to transform their grief in growth.

Question 46

A critical aspect to working with the Benefield family in Midville is:​

A)knowing that they will have to come to grips with reality after the honeymoon period.
B)​keeping them from becoming disillusioned by the bureaucracies that control disaster relief.
C)​being culturally sensitive to their accents and deep spiritual beliefs.
D)stopping ASD from turning into PTSD.

Question 47

Local EMA directors typically:​

A)have degrees in emergency management.
B)​are mental health professionals.
C)​come from a variety of occupations but take many training courses.
D)are assigned by FEMA after completing training at the Gaithersburg,MD,FEMA center.

Question 48

Mental health assistance for widespread disasters (both natural and manmade)such as hurricanes,mass murders,plane crashes,and tornadoes are often handled by:​

A)crisis stabilization units.
B)​acute traumatic stress disorder organizations.
C)​rapid response teams.
D)EMDR teams.

Question 49

The Nassau County Emergency Management Agency's chronosystem clock starts running:​

A)the day of hurricane landfall.
B)​the day after landfall.
C)​prior to hurricane landfall.
D)depending on conditions.

Question 50

The disaster recovery phase that is defined as "We are all in this together" is known as the _________ phase.​

A)honeymoon
B)​euphoric
C)​adaptation
D)emergency

Question 51

In a CISD facts are first discussed because:​

A)they need to be determined to fix the causes.
B)​they are easiest to discuss.
C)​they are less conflicted than feelings and thoughts.
D)everyone has about the same view of the events,so it is the easiest place to start.

Question 52

The chronosystem is important because it:​

A)assesses how well FEMA is doing.
B)​assesses what outcomes may be expected.
C)​sets a disaster clock in motion that may have lethal ramifications.
D)provides benchmarks when certain phases of recovery should occur.

Question 53

The Benefield family's crisis may best be viewed by the crisis worker in a(n):​

A)ecosystemic context.
B)​mesosystem context.
C)​transcrisis context.
D)family system context.

Question 54

It is believed that CISD:​

A)is absolutely helpful.
B)​is absolutely awful.
C)​is somewhere in the middle.
D)has ardent believers on both sides of the issue.

Question 55

A salutogenic shift on a crisis chronosystem means that:​

A)people have mourned their losses and are starting to rebuild their lives with renewed hope.
B)​people are becoming more prone to transcrisis events.
C)​people are more prone to have ASD turn into PTSD.
D)salutogenic shifts occur only with systems and not individuals.

Question 56

Following a disaster,the debriefing of the crisis workers themselves helps such workers deal with the:​

A)controversy surrounding CISD.
B)​individual crisis worker's personal/professional response to the survivors.
C)​different religious beliefs of the microsystem.
D)anticipated stages of the chronosphere.

Question 57

Dr Branthoover's overriding comment when interviewed about her post-Katrina work in Louisana was that:​

A)you need to have comprehensive therapy skills.
B)​listening skills are the most important component of doing therapy.
C)​expect to sweat and get dirty while doing anything but therapy.
D)debriefing every night is critical.

Question 58

Of the following rules about crisis response teams working in a disaster,which is not true?​

A)It is important to work in teams.
B)​It is important to get sleep and food.
C)​Debriefing should be held away from the scene.
D)Workers should debrief one another

Question 59

When groups of crisis workers experience "parallel processing" at a disaster site,it means they:​

A)are experiencing many of the dynamics of the victims they are sent to help.
B)​process feelings and thoughts at the same time as survivors.
C)​work simultaneously with victims and other emergency relief workers.
D)use triage assessment simultaneously with multiple victims to see who gets help first.

Question 60

Time frames for delivery of mental health services in a disaster may be divided into:​

A)pre-,during,and post-crisis event.
B)​trans-disaster and post-disaster.
C)​standard chronosystem time frames.
D)no known time frame exists for mental health disaster recovery.

Question 61

What part do national organizations,such as NOVA and the American Red Cross,play in crisis intervention?​

Question 62

Describe how disaster mental health started in the United States.​

Question 63

Think about how your own cultural and class biases might or might not be reflected if you worked with the Benefields.​

Question 64

You are a disaster mental health crisis worker assigned to debrief crisis responders before they leave the scene.A couple of grizzled disaster veterans are resistant to the debriefing.What would you tell them about the debriefing?​