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When episodes of distress are too frequent, too intense or last for too long

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When episodes of distress begin to interfere with physical, psychological, social or educational/occupational functioning

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Provide psycho-education about disaster, impacts on mental health, recovery trajectories and a rationale for interventions.


Teach self-help strategies designed to manage both baseline arousal levels and acute escalations, for example, controlled breathing, here-and-now grounding strategies, progressive muscular relaxation, relaxing activities, and exercise.


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Provide psychoeducation about the impacts of disaster on mental health, recovery trajectories and rationales for use of arousal reduction strategies?


Instruct in the use of a range of behavioural self-management arousal reduction strategies?


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