Disaster Psychiatry Task Force Committee

Committee Chair: Margaret Balfour, MD, DFAPA | Committee Co-Chair: William Pettit, MD

Our Approach

The disaster psychiatry task force works collaboratively within the community to advance awareness and response capabilities around the same, which may include public health disasters such as the pandemic, man-made events (such as climate response), or acts of violence impacting the community. This work has also included the impacts on physicians and the advocacy for the destigmatization of mental health through the revision to the licensure questions at the Arizona Medical Board. This Committee is key to participation in the Interprofessional Behavioral Health Collaborative of Arizona.
Members
Margaret Balfour, MD, DFAPA, Co-Chair William Pettit, MD, Co-Chair Rohit Madan, MD, FAPASara Pousti, MD RFMCarlos Carrera, MD, DLFAPA Joanna Kowalik, MD, FAPA Gurjot Marwah, MD, FAPA Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD, DLFAPA
Our approach

The disaster psychiatry task force works collaboratively within the community to advance awareness and response capabilities around the same, which may include public health disasters such as the pandemic, man-made events (such as climate response), or acts of violence impacting the community. This work has also included the impacts on physicians and the advocacy for the destigmatization of mental health through the revision to the licensure questions at the Arizona Medical Board. This Committee is key to participation in the Interprofessional Behavioral Health Collaborative of Arizona.

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