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When disasters strike, the ripple effects can be significant. Survivors may be injured or displaced, or may have loved ones in similar situations. The emotional, physical, and financial tolls can be jarring, and no one in the community is immune.
Community Disaster Hotline: In a natural or human-caused disaster, call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66756 for a crisis counselor.
Disaster behavioral health is the provision of mental health, substance abuse, and stress management services to disaster survivors and responders.
Behavioral Health Concerns Affecting Survivors and Responders:
Behavioral Health Concerns Affecting Survivors and Responders:
Following an emergency event, it is common for individuals and families in and around the affected region to experience distress and anxiety about safety, health, and recovery. Previous exposure to large scale events, such as a severe hurricane or flood, may place residents and responders who experience a new disaster at greater risk for adverse stress reactions. People may display symptoms and reactions such as:
Emotional symptoms such as irritability or excessive sadness.
Cognitive dysfunction such as difficulty making decisions or following directions.
Physical symptoms such as headache, stomach pain, or difficulty breathing.
Behavioral reactions such as consuming more alcohol or interpersonal conflict.
Failure to adhere to needed physical or psychiatric medication needs.
Other factors that can influence how people respond to disaster include:
Residents of disaster affected areas may be displaced, living in temporary emergency shelters, and separated from their usual support systems.
Circumstances may make it difficult to learn the status of recovery efforts or to find out the condition of friends, family members, and communities.
The exposure of disaster responders and volunteers to widespread destruction, the injury or death of others, or to hazardous materials may result in distress or a need for support.
The Need for Disaster Behavioral Health Capabilities:
The Need for Disaster Behavioral Health Capabilities:
Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and other emergencies of the last several years, as well as the growing research on the impacts of these events, have highlighted the need for behavioral health capabilities:
Research shows a link between exposure to trauma and the onset of other health care needs immediately following an emergency event, and often for many years after.
Studies correlate trauma with later cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and neurological illness, as well as psychiatric diagnoses such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and substance abuse disorders.
Costs associated with the treatment of those problems also increase.
Disaster Behavioral Health Response:
Disaster Behavioral Health Response:
Behavioral health professionals trained in disaster response often work in shelters, medical and psychiatric facilities, or may engage in outreach and educational activities in communities to facilitate the resiliency and recovery of survivors and responders by:
Providing psycho-education and information on physical and environmental hazards.
Engaging in supportive listening.
Screening individuals who are at greater risk for longer-term adverse reactions.
Ensuring referral to appropriate medical, psychological, or tangible services.
https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/planning/abc/Pages/disaster-behavioral.aspx
Providers by County
Locations by County
Locations by County
Albany County
Volunteers of America
1263 N. 15th Street
Laramie, WY 82072
(307) 745-8915
FAX: 745-8761
Big Horn County
Big Horn County Counseling – Basin
116 S. 3rd St.
Basin, WY 82410
(307) 568-2020 or (307) 568-2519
FAX: 568-2503
http://www.bighornbasincounseling.com/
Big Horn County Counseling – Lovell
1114 Lane 12
Lovell, WY 82431
(307) 548-6543 or (307) 548-6544
FAX: 548-6565
http://www.bighornbasincounseling.com/
Campbell County
Volunteers of America
812 E 4th Street
Gillette, WY 82717-3011
(307) 257-7180
Carbon County
High Country Behavioral Health
721 W. Maple
(PO Box 1056)
Rawlins, WY 82301
(307) 324-7156
FAX: 328-1651
Converse County
High Country Behavioral Health – Douglas
1841 Madora Avenue
Douglas, WY 82633
(307) 358-2846
FAX: 358-5329
https://www.hcbh.org/locations/douglas/
Crook County
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies
420½ Main Street
(P. O. Box 646)
Sundance, WY 82729-0646
(307) 283-3636
FAX: 283-2898
Fremont County
Fremont Counseling Service – Lander
748 Main
Lander, WY 82520
(307) 332-2231
FAX: 332-9338
Fremont Counseling Service – Riverton
1110 Major Ave.
Riverton, WY 82501
(307) 856-6587
FAX: 856-2668
Goshen County
Volunteers of America
501 Albany
Torrington, WY 82240
(307) 532-4091
FAX: 532-8409
Hot Springs County
High Country Behavioral Health
WellSpring 121 South 4th
Thermopolis, WY 82443
(307) 864-3138
FAX: 864-3139
Johnson County
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies
521 West Lott
Buffalo, WY 82834
(307) 684-5531
FAX: 684-2912
Laramie County
Volunteers of America (VOA) Adult Services
2526 Seymour Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82001
(307) 634-9653
FAX: 638-8256
Lincoln County
High Country Behavioral Health – Afton
389 Adams St.
(P. O. Box 376)
Afton, WY 83110
(307) 885-9883
High Country Behavioral Health – Thayne
250 Van Noy Parkway, RM B-125
Thayne, WY 83127
(307) 885-9883
High Country Behavioral Health – Kemmerer
821 Sage Avenue
Kemmerer, WY 83101
(307) 877-4466
FAX: 877-9832
Natrona County
Central Wyoming Counseling Center
1430 Wilkins Circle
Casper, WY 82601
(307) 237-9583
FAX: 265-7277
Niobrara County
High Country Behavioral Health
905 South Main Street
(P.O. Box 1365)
Lusk, WY 82225
(307) 334-3666
FAX: 334-3669
Park County
Yellowstone Behavioral Health Center
2538 Big Horn Avenue
Cody, WY 82414
(307) 587-2197
FAX: 527-6218
Yellowstone Behavioral Health Center
627 Wyoming Avenue
Powell, WY 82435
(307) 754-5687
FAX: 754-5697
Platte County
Volunteers of America
1954 West Mariposa Parkway
(P. O. Box 1078)
Wheatland, WY 82201
(307) 322-3190
FAX: 322-3198
Sheridan County
Volunteers of America
1221 W. 5th Street
Sheridan, WY 82801
(307) 672-8958
FAX: 672-8950
Sublette County
High Country Behavioral Health
24 Country Club Lane
(P. O. Box 856)
Pinedale, WY 82941
(307) 367-2111
High Country Behavioral Health
103 W. 3rd St.
Marbleton, WY 83113
(307) 367-2111
Sweetwater County
Southwest Counseling Service – Rock Springs
Mental Health Services and Child, Adolescent, and Family Services
1124 College Road
Rock Springs, WY 82901
(307) 352-6680 or 875-5515
Southwest Counseling Service – Rock Springs
Mental Health Services and Child, Adolescent, and Family Services
2300 Foothill Blvd.
Rock Springs, WY 82901
(307) 352-6677
Southwest Counseling Service – Rock Springs
Mental Health Services and Child, Adolescent, and Family Services
2706 Ankeny Way
Rock Springs, WY 82901
(307) 352-6689
Teton County
Mental Health & Recovery Services of Jackson Hole
640 East Broadway
(PO Box 1868)
Jackson WY 83001
(307) 733-2046
FAX: 733-6289
Uinta County
High Country Behavioral Health – Evanston
190 Overthrust Road
Evanston, WY 82930
(307) 789-4224
FAX: 789-4225
High Country Behavioral Health – Lyman
14 Mountain St.
Lyman, Wyoming 82930
(307) 782-3097
Washakie County
Cloud Peak Counseling Center
401 South 23rd Street
Worland, WY 82401
(307) 347-6165 or 347-6166
FAX: 347-6166
Weston County
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies
420 Deanne Avenue
Newcastle, WY 82701
(307) 746-4456
FAX: 746-4470
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