Shortly after the earthquake in Min county and Zhang county, the department of health of Gansu province immediately established a leadership team for earthquake relief and medical rescue, subordinated by psychological crisis intervention teams, which was responsible for training relevant personnel to carry out psychological intervention, and spreading related knowledge about earthquake. Then, emergency psychological intervention was provided for the key population (more than 90 times in total, involving 8 194 person-times). We also offered individualized psychological services (617 person-times), and diagnosed 31 patients with mental disorders through consultation. After the earthquake, the emotion of victims including depression, anxiety and acute stress disorder increased. The workload of psychological crisis intervention after earthquake was heavy and hard. However, Gansu province needs national support due to poor resources.
Citation： HE Ruifang,CHEN Qiongqiong,GAO Zhiguo,ZHANG Huanzhi,DU Chunling,FANG Yan,AN Ping. Record of Psychological Crisis Intervention during Three Weeks after Min-Zhang Earthquake in Gansu Province. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2013, 13(8): 912-916. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20130160 Copy