Textbook of Disaster Psychiatry

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

• ISBN13: 9780521852357
• ISBN10: 0521852358
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-17
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This is the first textbook to focus specifically on disaster psychiatry. It brings together 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.

Author Biography

Robert J. Ursano is Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. He is also Director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress. Carol S. Fullerton is Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. She is also the Scientific Director of the center for the Study of Traumatic stress. Lars Weisaeth is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Research in the Division of Disaster Psychiatry at the Norwegian Centre for violence and Traumatic Strees Studies, University of Oslo, Norway. Beverley Raphael is Professor of Population Mental Health and Disasters and Director of the Centre for Disasters and Terrorism at the University of Western Sydney. She is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, at the University of Queensland and holds professorial appointments at the Universities of Sydney, New South Wales, and Newcastle.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Introduction
Individual and community responses to disasters	p. 3
Foundations of disaster psychiatry
Epidemiology of disaster mental health	p. 29
Children and disasters: public mental health approaches	p. 48
Disaster ecology: implications for disaster psychiatry	p. 69
Neurobiology of disaster exposure: fear, anxiety, trauma, and resilience	p. 97
Clinical care and interventions
Early intervention for trauma-related problems following mass trauma	p. 121
Acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder in the disaster environment	p. 140
Assessment and management of medical-surgical disaster casualties	p. 164
Interventions for acutely injured survivors of individual and mass trauma	p. 190
Nongovernmental organizations and the role of the mental health professional	p. 206
Special topics
Traumatic death in terrorism and disasters	p. 227
Weapons of mass destruction and pandemics: global disasters with mass destruction and mass disruption	p. 247
Workplace disaster preparedness and response	p. 265
Healthcare systems planning	p. 284
Public health and disaster psychiatry
Public health and disaster mental health: preparing, responding, and recovering	p. 311
Index	p. 327
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