Textbook of disaster psychiatry

Originally published in 2007, this was the first textbook to focus specifically on disaster psychiatry. It brings together the views of international experts to provide a comprehensive review of the psychological, biological, and social responses to disaster, describing evidence-based clinical and s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ursano, Robert J., 1947- editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2007.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Cambridge medicine (Series)
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  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; PART I Introduction; 1 Individual and community responses to disasters; PART II Foundations of disaster psychiatry; 2 Epidemiology of disaster mental health; 3 Children and disasters: public mental health approaches; 4 Disaster ecology: implications for disaster psychiatry; 5 Neurobiology of disaster exposure: fear, anxiety, trauma, and resilience; PART III Clinical care and interventions; 6 Early intervention for trauma-related problems following mass trauma
  • 7 Acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder in the disaster environment8 Assessment and management of medical-surgical disaster casualties; 9 Interventions for acutely injured survivors of individual and mass trauma; 10 Nongovernmental organizations and the role of the mental health professional; PART IV Special topics; 11 Traumatic death in terrorism and disasters; 12 Weapons of mass destruction and pandemics: global disasters with mass destruction and mass disruption; 13 Workplace disaster preparedness and response; 14 Healthcare systems planning
  • PART V Public health and disaster psychiatry15 Public health and disaster mental health: preparing, responding, and recovering; Index