Shortly after the Wenchuan earthquake, we established headquarter of crisis intervention, which was responsible for reporting earthquake situation and training personnel to carry out psychological intervention and publicize earthquake-related knowledge. Then, urgent psychological intervention was provided to the target populations. We offered crisis intervention more than 100 times (40,000 person-times), provided individualized psychological services or therapies over 3,000 person-times and treated more than 200 patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. Meanwhile, we established relevant administration systems including registration, reporting, rapid screening and personnel work logs. Our preliminary survey conducted 1 month after the earthquake showed that the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder reached 43%. After the earthquake, the victims’ emotions of depression and anxiety were raised and the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder had a sharp increase. The victims’ requirements for psychological crisis intervention after earthquake were immense.
Citation： XIANG Hu,HUANG Xuanyin,Wang Rongke,PU Sanwen,HE Yizhou. Crisis Intervention in Mianyang City after the Wenchuan Earthquake. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2008, 08(11): 918-921. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20080202 Copy