Mental Health and Disasters
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, disaster preparedness and response has developed into a discrete subspecialty in medicine, and the paramount health care initiative of the U.S. Government. The mental health component of disaster response is a serious subject of study, as trauma is associated with a substantial and long-lasting psychologic burden, both on an individual and community level. The psychopathologies associated with disaster are also quite broad, varying from several different types of post-traumatic stress and anxiety disorders to acute variations of grief-associated depression. This book is the definitive reference on mental health and disasters, focused on the assessment and treatment of the full spectrum of psychopathologies associated with many different types of individual disasters. The logistics for utilizing pre-existing community-based mental health services, as well as the development of new programs, are covered in depth. Case studies and perspectives for improving care, incorporating lessons from Hurricane Katrina and 9/11, are included in detail.
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The mental health component of disaster response has been a serious subject of study since the attacks of September 11, 2001. Trauma is associated with a substantial and long-lasting psychologic burden, both on an individual and community level, and the psychopathologies associated with disaster are also quite broad. This book is the definitive reference on mental health and disasters.
About the Author:
Yuval Neria, PhD, is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University and Associate Director of Trauma Studies and Services at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York. Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, is Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health and Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Fran H. Norris, PhD, is Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, and is also affiliated with the National Center for PTSD and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (NC-START) at the University of Maryland.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0511730039
- ISBN 13 9780511730030
- BindingPrinted Access Code
- EditorNeria MD Yuval, Galea MD Sandro, Norris Fran H.
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