Mental health and disasters / edited by Yuval Neria, Sandro Galea, Fran H. Norris.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Disaster mental health research : exposure, impact and response / Uyval Neria, Sandro Galea, and Fran H. Norris -- Disaster mental health research : past, present, and future / Beverley Raphael and Paul Maguire -- The experience of disaster : trauma, loss, adversities, and community effects / Fran H. Norris and Leslie H. Wind -- Anxiety disorders and PTSD / Alexander C. McFarlane, Miranda Van Hooff, and Freya Goodhew -- Physical health problems after disasters / C. Joris Yzermans, Bellis van den Berg, and Anja J.E. Dirkzwager -- Substance use and misuse after disaster prevalences and correlates / Peter G. van der Velden and Rolf J. Kleber -- Depression and prolonged grief in the wake of disasters / Shira Maguen [and others] -- What is psychopathology after disasters? Considerations about the nature of the psychological and behavioral consequences of disasters / Robert J. Ursano, Carol S. Fullerton, and David M. Benedek -- Resilience after disaster / George A. Bonanno and Sumati Gupta -- Social and cognitive frameworks for understanding the mental health consequences of disasters / Charles C. Benight, Roman Cieslak, and Edward Waldrep -- Distinctions that matter : received social support, perceived social support, and social embeddedness after disasters / Krzysztof Kaniasty and Fran H. Norris -- Women and disasters / Rachel Kimerling, Katelyn P. Mack, and Jennifer Alvarez -- Child mental health in the aftermath of disaster : a review of PTSD studies / Christina W. Hoven [and others] -- Disaster mental health in older adults : symptoms, policy, and planning / Joan M. Cook and Diane L. Elmore -- The effects of disaster on the mental health of individuals with disabilities / Laura M. Stough -- Factors associated with exposure and response to disasters among marginalized populations / Alesia O. Hawkins [and others] -- Journalism and media during disasters / Elana Newman, Bruce Shapiro, and Summer Nelson -- Uniformed rescue workers responding to disaster / Shannon E. McCaslin [and others].

Mental health treatments in the wake of disaster / Richard A. Bryant and Brett T. Litz -- Evidence-based long-term treatment of mental health consequences of disasters among adults / JoAnn Difede and Judith Cukor -- Mental health care for children in the wake of disasters / Jessica Mass Levitt [and others] -- Utilization of mental health services after disasters / Jon D. Elhai and Julian D. Ford -- The mental health impact of the Southeast Asia tsunami / Barbara Lopes Cardozo [and others] -- Advances in our understanding of earthquake trauma and its treatment : a self-help model of mental health care for survivors / Metin Bașoǧlu, Ebru Șalcioǧlu, and Maria Livanou -- Hurricane Katrina / Ronald C. Kessler [and others] -- The long-term mental health impacts of the Chernobyl accident / Evelyn J. Bromet and Johan M. Havenaar -- The Exxon Valdez oil spill / Lawrence A. Palinkas -- Enschede Fireworks disaster / Peter G. van der Velden, C. Joris Yzermans, and Linda Grievink -- Eyewitness to mass murder : findings from studies of four multiple shooting episodes / Carol S. North and Richard V. King -- The Oklahoma City bombing / Betty Pfefferbaum, Phebe Tucker, and Carol S. North -- The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in New York City / Charles DiMaggio and Paula Madrid -- The psychological consequences of the London bombings / Neil Greenberg, G. James Rubin, and Simon Wessely -- Psychological responses to terrorism in Israel : 2000-2004 / Arieh Y. Shalev and Yael L.E. Errera -- Methodological challenges in studying the mental health consequences of disasters / Sandro Galea and Andrea R. Maxwell -- Disaster mental health research : current state, gaps in knowledge, and future directions / Yuval Neria, Sandro Galea, and Fran H. Norris.

This book is the definitive reference on mental health and disasters, focused on the full spectrum of psychopathologies associated with many different types of disasters.

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