Methods for disaster mental health research / edited by Fran H. Norris ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Norris, Fran H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Disasters--Psychological aspects.

Disasters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This authoritative book will be of interest to anyone involved in studying the mental health consequences of large-scale traumatic events or in measuring the effectiveness of postdisaster interventions. The book considers disasters from different perspectives and translates their chaotic aftermath into feasible research ideas and approaches. Contributing authors, all experienced researchers and practitioners, present a wide range of methods and strategies used in epidemiology, program evaluation, and public mental health planning in the aftermath of natural or technological disasters and

Contents:

Definitions and concepts in disaster research / Alexander C. McFarlane and Fran H. Norris

Psychosocial consequences of disasters: a review of past research / Fran H. Norris and Carrie L. Elrod

Choosing research methods to match research goals in studies of disaster or terrorism / Carol S. North and Fran H. Norris

Formulating questions about postdisaster mental health / Charles C. Benight, Alexander C. McFarlane, and Fran H. Norris

Ethical issues in disaster research / Alan R. Fleischman, Lauren Collogan, and Farris Tuma

Basic epidemiological approaches to disaster research: value of face-to-face procedures / Evelyn J. Bromet and Johan M. Havenaar

Telephone-based research methods in disaster research / Sandro Galea ... [et al.]

Web-based methods in disaster research / William E. Schlenger and Roxane Cohen Silver

School-based studies of children following disasters / Annette M. La Greca

Qualitative approaches to studying the effects of disasters / Lawrence A. Palinkas

Public mental health surveillance and monitoring / Sandro Galea and Fran H. Norris

Mental health services and evaluation research: precepts, pragmatics, and politics / Craig S. Rosen and Helena E. Young

Evidence-based treatments for traumatic stress: an overview of the research with an emphasis on disaster settings / Laura E. Gibson ... [et al.]

Strategies for dissemination of evidence-based treatments: training clinicians after large-scale disasters / Randall D. Marshall ... [et al.].

Conducting research with children and adolescents after disaster / Alan M. Steinberg ... [et al.]

Conducting research with military and uniformed services workers / Carol S. Fullerton, James E. McCarroll, and Robert J. Ursano

Conducting research in diverse, minority and marginalized communities / Russell T. Jones ... [et al.]

Conducting research in other countries / Arthur D. Murphy, Julia L. Perilla, and Eric Jones

Disaster mental health research: challenges for the future / Matthew J. Friedman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-12320-X

9786611123208

1-59385-523-0

OCLC:

476086378