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Published in the Yangtze Evening Post on May 20, 2008

Dr. Kirsch’s Graduating Class at Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

American Specialist Donates Four Psychological Intervention Devices to Disaster Area

Renowned US psychological intervention specialist, Professor Daniel Kirsch was in China giving lectures in the Nanjing Chinese Medical University. When he learnt of the great earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan, he immediately realized the importance and urgency of psychological intervention and called for the simultaneous treatments of psychological and physical wounds. Yesterday, he donated four psychological intervention devices to the Jiangsu Support-Sichuan-Disaster Psychological Rescue Team. This equipment calms down victims with anxiety and depression through electrical stimulation of the brain.

Donations of Alpha-Stims Were Made to the Psychiatrists in Charge of the Earthquake Mental Health Disaster Team from Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

WHO Center Meeting of Earthquake Mental Health Disaster Team

Experienced in the psychological intervention in the aftermath of disasters, Professor Daniel Kirsch was most eager to offer his help. In his interview with the reporter, he emphasized one word which was “speedy”. Time means lives. Those who suffer from psychological wounds need to be treated as quickly as possible. What is the best way to help the earthquake survivors shake off their pains? Professor Daniel Kirsch said that the most important thing was to let the survivors help the other victims. He suggested that the victims themselves be recruited into the rescue teams. The surviving victims will be willing to help other people who need help and will find new meaning in their lives which will help them forget about their pains temporarily and to face reality with courage again. When the rescue work is over, they will then be rehabilitated with psychological intervention. Professor Daniel Kirsch also urged those who had suffered from similar trauma in the past to volunteer to help heal the psychological wounds of those who were struck by the present disaster. For example, those who suffered from and survived the great Tangshan earthquake should come forward immediately and use their own experience to help victims of this earthquake to walk out of the shadow cast by this earthquake.

 

美国专家向灾区赠送四台心理干预设备
  扬子晚报 2008-05-20

      曾参与美国9•11幸存者心理干预救治的美国知名心理干预专家Danial.Kirsch教授日前来到南京中医药大学授课。当他得知四川汶川发生大地震后,立刻意识到心理干预的重要性和紧迫性,并呼吁心理创伤与身体创伤同步救治。昨天,他向江苏支援四川灾区心理救援队赠送四台心理干预设备。这些设备是通过电流刺激大脑,使处于焦虑、抑郁的受灾者能尽快安静下来。


      曾有过丰富灾后心理干预经验的Danial.Kirsch教授心情十分迫切。他在接受记者采访时强调一个字“快”,时间就是生命,心理创伤者要尽快得到治疗。怎样让地震幸存者尽快从痛苦中走出来呢?Danial.Kirsch教授说,最重要的是让这些幸存者也参与帮助其他人。他建议受灾者都加入到救援队伍中。一方面这些幸存者会很乐意帮助其他人,另一方面他们会感觉做这些事情非常有意义,可以暂时忘记伤痛,重新鼓起勇气。当灾难救援结束后,再通过医学上心理干预帮助他们恢复正常的生活。Danial.Kirsch教授的另一个建议是让曾经经历过同样伤痛的人成为志愿者,现身说法抚平幸存者的心理创伤,比如唐山大地震的幸存者应该积极行动起来,用自身比较积极的经验帮助这些劫后余生者走出阴影。    (蔡蕴琦)

 

Click here to view Dr. Kirsch's introduction to his lecture about the earthquake

Click here to view the slides from the Nanjing Medical School Lecture


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