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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782833703321

Autore

Myers Diane

Titolo

Disaster Mental Health Services [[electronic resource] ] : A Primer for Practitioners

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2004

ISBN

0-203-64690-8

1-280-10014-1

9786610100149

1-135-45445-0

1-135-45446-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

Altri autori (Persone)

WeeDavid

Disciplina

616.8521

616.852105

Soggetti

Disaster victims - Mental health

Disaster victims - Mental health services

Disasters - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS

Sommario/riassunto

Disaster mental health is a growing field of practice designed to help victims and relief workers learn to effectively cope with the extreme stresses they will face in the aftermath of a disaster. The goal of disaster mental health is to prevent the development of long-term, negative psychological consequences, such as PTSD. This book assists clinicians and traumatologists in ""making the bridge"" between their clinical knowledge and skills and the unique, complex, chaotic, and highly political field of disaster. It combines information from a vast reservoir of prior research and literature wi