Textbook of Disaster Psychiatry

by Edited by Robert J. Ursano , Carol S. Fullerton , Lars Weisaeth , Beverley Raphael

• ISBN13: 9780521294874
• ISBN10: 0521294878
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Originally published in 2007, this was the first textbook to focus specifically on disaster psychiatry. It brings together the views of international experts to provide a comprehensive review of the psychological, biological, and social responses to disaster, describing evidence-based clinical and service-led interventions to meet mental health needs and foster resilience and recovery. Chapters address the epidemiology of disaster response, the neurobiology of disaster exposure, socio-cultural issues, early intervention and consultation-liaison care, the role of non-governmental organizations, workplace policies, and implications for public health planning at the level of the individual and the community. This book is essential reading for all those involved in preparing for traumatic events and their clinical and social outcomes for public health planning.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Individual and community responses to disasters

Foundations of Disaster Psychiatry

Epidemiology of disaster mental health

Children and disasters: public mental health approaches

Disaster ecology: implications for disaster psychiatry

Neurobiology of disaster exposure: fear, anxiety, trauma and resilience

Clinical Care and Interventions

Early intervention for trauma-related problems following mass trauma

Acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in the disaster environment

Assessment and management of medical-surgical disaster casualties

Interventions for acutely injured survivors of individual and mass trauma

Non governmental organizations and the role of the mental health professional

Special Topics

Traumatic death in terrorism and disasters

Weapons of mass destruction and pandemics: global disasters with mass destruction and mass disruption

Workplace disaster preparedness and response

Health care systems planning

Public Health and Disaster Psychiatry

Public health and disaster mental health: preparing, responding, and recovering

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