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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458593603321

Titolo

On the ground after September 11 : mental health responses and practical knowledge gained / / Yael Danieli, Robert L. Dingman, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-7890-2907-3

1-315-78555-2

1-317-71786-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (725 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DanieliYael

DingmanRobert L

ZellnerJennifer

Disciplina

362.2/5

Soggetti

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Psychological aspects

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001

Terrorism - United States - Psychological aspects

Psychic trauma - United States

Mental health services - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2005 by the Haworth Press, Inc.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Half Title ;  Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The First Days ; 1. The Hospital in Its Community; 2. Reflections on the Public Health and Mental Health Response to 9/11; 3. Portraits of Life; 4. Collapsing; 5. The Future of Our Past: Some Thoughts on 9/11 and Moving Forward; 6. Healing in the Aftermath of 9/11: Recovery from Suffering and Grief for the Community and Its Caregivers; 7. My Own 9/11: The Day That Shaped Me; 8. A Flashback

9. Safe Horizon's Response to 9/11: Reflections on the Past and a Renewed Focus on the Future10. LifeNet and 9/11: The Central Role; 11. Coping from a Distance: Experience of a Visitor to New York on September 11, 2001; 12. Challenges in Identification: The World Trade Center Dead; 13. 9/11/01; 14. A View from the Ground; 15. At the Ballpark; 16. 9/11 and People with Disabilities; 17. Everyday Courage



on September 11; 18. Providing Disaster Mental Health Services to People with Disabilities After September 11:Successes and Lessons Learned; 19. Across the River: New Jersey's Response to 9/11

20. Massachusetts Behavioral Health Response to September 1121. On the Ground After September 11: Lessons Learned from the Relief Efforts to the Latino Community in New York City; 22. Strategic Communications and Mental Health: The WTC Attacks, 1993 and 2001; 23. I am Alone in My Grief, But I am Not; 24. Staten Island Mental Health Society Response from September 11 to the Present; 25. Family Matters; 26. Why I Can't Write This; 27. Development of a Behavioral Health Disaster Preparedness System in the Wake of September 11: The Center for Trauma Response, Recovery, and Preparedness (CTRP)

28. The September 11, 2001, Attacks at the Pentagon: One Disaster Mental Health Responder's Story29. 9/11: The Great Equalizer; 30. Military Psychiatrists During the Pentagon Attack: Personal Reflections; 31. The American Red Cross and September 11th Fund Mental Health Disaster Response; 32. Mental Health Response to Pentagon Staff in the Weeks Following the Attack; 33. Memories of September 11, 2001; 34. And the Birds Came Back; 35. Responding to United Airlines Flight 93: Bearing Witness to the Brave Who Chose to Fight for Their Freedom

36. Reflections on 9/11-Related ARC Activities Following the Terrorist Actions in Western Pennsylvania and New York City37. The E-Mail That Traveled the World; 38. September 11, 2001: A Military Member's Perspective; 39. The Great White Tent: A Mental Health Response at Ground Zero; 40. How 9/11 Changed My Life; 41. Working with Groups After 9/11; 42. Taking It to the Streets and the Schools: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of the Community; 43. Trauma and Stress in the Islamic Community Before and After 9/11; 44. Reflections on Volunteer Self-Care at the Site

45. Consulting to Organizational Trauma at an Investment Bank That Was in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001

Sommario/riassunto

A heartfelt collection of extraordinary first-person accounts that delve into every level of the experience of 9/11<br /><br />Out of the infamy of 9/11 and its aftermath people rose up with courage and determination to meet formidable challenges. On the Ground After September 11: Mental Health Responses and Practical Lessons Gained is a stirring compilation of over a hundred personal and professional first-hand accounts of the entire experience, from the moment the first plane slammed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, to the months mental health professionals worked to ease the