Major incidents, pandemics and mental health : the psychosocial aspects of health emergencies, incidents, disasters and disease outbreaks /emergencies, incidents, disasters and disease outbreaks / edited by Richard Williams [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Richard (Professor of mental health), editor.

Series:

Cambridge medicine (Series)

Cambridge medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management--Psychological aspects.

Emergency management.

Mental health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 460 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Examines the psychosocial and mental health aspects of preparing for and responding to emergencies, major incidents, terrorist attacks, disasters, epidemics, and pandemics. Important for mental health practitioners, people working in trauma and emergency care and humanitarian care, public health practitioners, and experts in emergency planning"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Imprinst page

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Boxes

List of Contributors

Foreword by Dr Adrian James

Foreword by Professor David Lockey

Section 1 The Nature and Impacts of Twenty-First-Century Healthcare Emergencies

Chapter 1 Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, Disease Outbreaks, and Mental Health: The Scope of This Book

This Book

Signposting the Sections in This Book

Chapter 2 How the World Views Trauma and Trauma Care

Chapter 3 How the World Views the Mental Health Implications of Traumatic Events, Major Incidents, and Serious Contagious Diseases

References

Chapter 4 Two Personal Perspectives on Trauma and Recovery

11 August 2018

A Personal View of the Reality of Training in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine

Chapter 5 How Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks Affect People and Healthcare Practitioners

Introduction

The Impacts on People Affected by Emergencies, Major Incidents, Disasters, Conflict, and Communicable Diseases

The Impacts on People Affected by Emergencies, Incidents, and Disease Outbreaks

Chapter 6 The Impact of Emergencies, Terrorism, and Disease on Children and Their Families

Mental Health and Wider Impacts on Children and Young People

Social and Economic Factors That Place Children and Families at Higher Risk: Secondary Stressors

Factors That Affect the Risk of Mental Health Problems

Childhood Development and the Neurobiological Impact of Trauma

Exposing Health Inequity and Inequality: Their Relationship to Pandemics and Disease Clustering

Resilience and Protective Factors

Conclusion: Implications for Policy and Practice

Chapter 7 The Impacts of Urbanising the World's Population on Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks

The Nature of Urban Areas

Supply Chains and Infrastructure

Urban Poverty

Informal Settlements and Slums

Disasters in Urban Settings

The COVID-19 Pandemic

The Future

Chapter 8 Myths About Disasters

Introduction: Disaster Mythology

What Is Misunderstood?

Conclusion: Myth or Reality?

References

Chapter 9 Primary and Secondary Stressors: The Ways in Which Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, Disease Outbreaks, and Conflicts Are Stressful

Definitions of Primary and Secondary Stressors

Why Primary and Secondary Stressors are Important

A Worked Example

The Implications of Primary and Secondary Stressors for Responding to People's Needs Before, During, and After Emergencies, Incidents, and Outbreaks

Conclusions

Chapter 10 The Differing Challenges Posed by Big Bang, Rising Tide, and Longer-Term Incidents Affecting Local and Dispersed Populations

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jan 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009022521

1009022520

9781009022156

1009022156

9781009019330

1009019333