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DSWD workers help Visayas quake victims cope with trauma Oct 18th 2013, 01:14 MANILA, Philippines—Social workers from the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Central Visayas and local government units in areas hit by the magnitude 7.2 earthquake are conducting initial "critical incident stress debriefing" (CISD) to victims in Bohol and Cebu.   CISD is a pycho-social intervention that helps victims of disasters cope with their traumatic experiences by pouring out their feelings and fears.   Mercedita Jabagat, DSWD Central Visayas Regional director, said that DSWD personnel would go on 24-hour duty to assist affected families.   She added that trained stress debriefers would also be deployed in earthquake-hit areas to ... Keep on reading: DSWD workers help Visayas quake victims cope with trauma Media files: carabana-600x433.jpg (image/jpeg)

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