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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829110303321

Titolo

Disasters and mental health / / edited by Juan Jose Lopez-Ibor ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley, c2005

ISBN

9786610275229

9781280275227

1280275227

9780470021255

047002125X

9780470021248

0470021241

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

World Psychiatric Association ; ; v.4

Altri autori (Persone)

Lopez-Ibor AlinoJ. J <1941-> (Juan Jose)

Disciplina

616.85/210651

Soggetti

Disasters - Psychological aspects

Disaster victims - Mental health

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Disasters and Mental Health; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 What is a Disaster?; Chapter 2 Psychological and Psychopathological Consequences of Disasters; Chapter 3 Psychiatric Morbidity Following Disasters: Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors; Chapter 4 Re-evaluating the Link between Disasters and Psychopathology; Chapter 5 Psychological Interventions for People Exposed to Disasters; Chapter 6 Organization of Mental Health Services for Disaster Victims; Mental Health Consequences of Disasters: Experiences in Various Regions of the World

Chapter 7 The Experience of the Kobe EarthquakeChapter 8 The Experience of the Marmara Earthquake; Chapter 9 The Experience of the Athens Earthquake; Chapter 10 The Experience of the Nairobi US Embassy Bombing; Chapter 11 The New York Experience: Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001; Chapter 12 The Experience of the Chornobyl Nuclear Disaster; Chapter 13 The Experience of the Bhopal



Disaster; Chapter 14 The Latin American and Caribbean Experience; Chapter 15 The Israeli Experience; Chapter 16 The Palestinian Experience

Chapter 17 The Experience of Bosnia-Herzegovina: Psychosocial Consequences of War Atrocities on ChildrenChapter 18 The Serbian Experience; Chapter 19 The Croatian Experience; Appendix - Statement by the World Psychiatric Association on Mental Health Implications of Disasters; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This title provides a comprehensive overview of clinical, epidemiological, psychobiological, psychosocial and service organization aspects of disaster psychiatry.  It takes a practical approach and includes a series of reports on significant experiences made in this field in various regions of the world. An Unbiased and reliable reference point, endorsed by the WPAIncludes contributions from internationally acclaimed experts