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The Elements of Disaster Psychology [electronic resource] : Managing Psychosocial Trauma - An Integrated Approach to Force Protection
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenstone, James L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crisis intervention (Mental health services)--Psychological aspects.
- Crisis intervention (Mental health services).
- Emergency management--Psychological aspects.
- Emergency management.
- Disasters--Rehabilitation.
- Disasters.
- Disaster victims.
- Crisis Intervention--organization & administration.
- Emergency Services, Psychiatric--organization & administration.
- Health Personnel--psychodlogy.
- Disaster Planning--methods.
- Medical Subjects:
- Crisis Intervention--organization & administration.
- Emergency Services, Psychiatric--organization & administration.
- Health Personnel--psychodlogy.
- Disasters.
- Disaster Planning--methods.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is designed to aid in practical, day-to-day, on-the-scene disaster response and crisis intervention by all interveners. The elements are the basics of any discipline. Knowledge of them is critical to achieving success. The Elements of Disaster Psychology: Managing Psychosocial Trauma focuses on those basics that are needed by crisis and disaster responders in the field by providing an integrated approach to force protection and acute care. The presentation is ordered in such a way as to provide quick and easy access to the information needed from the initial deployment, to the final
- Contents:
- THE ELEMENTS OFDISASTER PSYCHOLOGY; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 UNDERSTAND THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES; Chapter 2 TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF:; Chapter 3 BE READY TO RESPOND TO THE CALL-OUT AND DEPLOYMENT; Chapter 4 ARRIVE AT THE DISASTER SITE; Chapter 5 UNDERSTAND CRISIS INTERVENTION; Chapter 6 TAKE CARE OF VICTIMS AND REFER AS; Chapter 7 RESPOND TO CHILDREN WHO ARE; Chapter 8 PERFORM ESSENTIAL POST-INCIDENT; Chapter 9 ATTEND TO SPECIAL ISSUES AND; Chapter 10 CONSIDER THE ISSUES OF SUICIDE; Chapter 11 PAY ATTENTION TO INTERVENER SURVIVAL; Chapter 12 LEARN AND UTILIZE EFFECTIVE
- Chapter 13 PLAN AND PREPARE INTERVENERChapter 14 REMEMBER THESE THINGS WHEN; Chapter 15 ATTEND TO PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS; Chapter 16 UNDERSTAND THE ROLE AND FUNCTION; Chapter 17 UNDERSTAND STANDARD OF CARE UNDER; Chapter 18 KNOW THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF DISASTER; Chapter 19 KNOW HOW TO DO PSYCHOLOGICAL; Chapter 20 UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS OF DISASTER; Chapter 21 EXPLORE THE UTILIZATION OF STATE; Chapter 22 UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP; APPENDICES; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LEGAL REFERENCES; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX; DISASTER PSYCHOLOGY-ELEMENTS BY SPECIFIC AUDIENCE INDEX
- DISASTER PSYCHOLOGY-ELEMENTS BYSPECIFIC ACTIVITY DESIRED INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-398-08582-X
- OCLC:
- 651600967
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