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Disasters and mental health / edited by Juan Jose Lopez-Ibor ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- World Psychiatric Association
- World Psychiatric Association ; v.4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disasters--Psychological aspects.
- Disasters.
- Disasters--Psychological aspects--Case studies.
- Disaster victims--Mental health.
- Disaster victims.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title provides a comprehensive overview of clinical, epidemiological, psychobiological, psychosocial and service organization aspects of disaster psychiatry. It takes a practical approach and includes a series of reports on significant experiences made in this field in various regions of the world. An Unbiased and reliable reference point, endorsed by the WPAIncludes contributions from internationally acclaimed experts
- Contents:
- Disasters and Mental Health; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 What is a Disaster?; Chapter 2 Psychological and Psychopathological Consequences of Disasters; Chapter 3 Psychiatric Morbidity Following Disasters: Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors; Chapter 4 Re-evaluating the Link between Disasters and Psychopathology; Chapter 5 Psychological Interventions for People Exposed to Disasters; Chapter 6 Organization of Mental Health Services for Disaster Victims; Mental Health Consequences of Disasters: Experiences in Various Regions of the World
- Chapter 7 The Experience of the Kobe EarthquakeChapter 8 The Experience of the Marmara Earthquake; Chapter 9 The Experience of the Athens Earthquake; Chapter 10 The Experience of the Nairobi US Embassy Bombing; Chapter 11 The New York Experience: Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001; Chapter 12 The Experience of the Chornobyl Nuclear Disaster; Chapter 13 The Experience of the Bhopal Disaster; Chapter 14 The Latin American and Caribbean Experience; Chapter 15 The Israeli Experience; Chapter 16 The Palestinian Experience
- Chapter 17 The Experience of Bosnia-Herzegovina: Psychosocial Consequences of War Atrocities on ChildrenChapter 18 The Serbian Experience; Chapter 19 The Croatian Experience; Appendix - Statement by the World Psychiatric Association on Mental Health Implications of Disasters; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786610275229
- 9781280275227
- 1280275227
- 9780470021255
- 047002125X
- 9780470021248
- 0470021241
- OCLC:
- 57598360
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