Terrorism and Disaster
Subtitle: Individual and Community Mental Health Interventions
Contributors: Robert J. Ursano (Editor); Carol S. Fullerton (Editor); Ann E. Norwood (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780521826068
Subjects: Clinical psychology; Psychiatry; Victims of terrorism; Psychiatry - General; Medical / Nursing; Mental Health; Terrorism; Psychology; Public Health; Psychological aspects; Medical / Psychiatry; Disasters; Post-traumatic stress disorder
First sentence: A traumatic event is defined by its capacity to evoke terror, fear, helplessness, or horror in the face of a threat to life or serious injury (American Psychiatric Association, 1994).