Cataclysms, crises, and catastrophes
Subtitle: psychology in action
By: master lecturers, Andrew Baum ... [et al.] ; edited by Gary R. VandenBos and Brenda K. Bryant.
Contributors: Baum, Andrew.; VandenBos, Gary R.; Bryant, Brenda K., 1948-; American Psychological Association. Convention
Series: The Master lectures
Publisher: American Psychological Association; Hyattsville, Md. (P.O. Box 2710, Hyattsville); May be ordered from Order Dept.
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Disaster victims -- Psychology.; Disasters -- Psychological aspects.; Stress (Psychology); Victims of crimes -- Psychology.; Victims -- Psychology.; Disasters -- congresses.; Stress, Psychological -- congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Lectures presented at the 1986 APA Convention in Washington, D.C.
Table of contents: value: Toxins, technology, and natural disasters / Andrew Baum; value: Psychic trauma in victims of crime and terrorism / Calvin Jeff Frederic; value: The female victim : rape, wife beating, and incest / Irene Hanson Frieze; value: A psychological approach to suicide / Edwin S. Shneidman; value: Coping with irrevocable loss / Camille B. Wortman and Roxane Cohen Silver.