University of Virginia Health System

We are trying to identify mental health providers, particularly psychiatrists, who might be interested in participating in mental health disaster/crisis response teams in some capacity.  Hopefully we will identify teams consisting of psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses and other mental health providers that will receive training and work along with the other emergency response agencies and providers should the need arise (Red Cross, FEMA, EMS, etc...).

AN ON-LINE FORM IS AVAILABLE HERE and the instructions are pretty clear:

ON-Line Registration (quick and easy!)

For now, we are just collecting names of interested people. You are not obligating to anything other than hearing from us. Once organized, training opportunities will be announced. The goal is to have pre-identified teams that know each other and understand the principles of disaster response and intervention.

We are working with DMHMRSAS, PSV, VACP, Red Cross, the Universities as well as Disaster Psychiatry Outreach (DPO) with the hope that we can have a coordinated disaster response plan for mental health locally and across the state.

Thanks much! If you sign up, I will be in touch as issues arise and planning begins.

Ed Kantor, MD     Disaster Psychiatry Committee Chair, Psychiatric Society of Virginia