Efectos psicosociales y medidas de intervención psicológica en situaciones de emergencia

Abstract

Today the world is facing an increase in emergencies that affect many people and entire communities, for this reason, the present research proposed as an objective to describe the psychosocial effects that arise in those who have been exposed to emergency situations and the intervention measures psychological to apply. In addition, the relevance of this document is that it will be useful as a source of consultation for personnel who provide support in crisis and students in training. For the fulfillment of the objective, a descriptive methodology was used based on the bibliographic review of current scientific articles and specialized books. From this analysis, the results of the research indicate that people exposed to an emergency situation present psychosocial effects such as: alterations at a social, family, work, affective, behavioral, cognitive and physiological level, therefore, it was established that the Psychological intervention measures are important to slow down and progressively reduce these repercussions, because by using them correctly and immediately, the possibility of helping victims reestablish their personal and social stability increases. Finally, it is recommended that to reduce the psychosocial effects of an emergency, some intervention measures are applied such as: Psychological First Aid, whose sub-goals are to provide emotional support, reduce mortality and facilitate contact with sources of assistance, which will allow the person to face the crisis efficiently and effectively; also, develop drills for crisis prevention and specialized training for front-line personnel.