Hidden impact
Subtitle: what you need to know for the next disaster : a practical mental health guide for clinicians
By: edited by Frederick J. Stoddard, Craig L. Katz, Joseph P. Merlino.
Contributors: Stoddard, Frederick J.; Katz, Craig L.; Merlino, Joseph P.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett; Brand: Jones n Bartlett Learning; Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780763768751
Subjects: Disaster medicine; Physicians -- Mental health; Disaster Planning -- methods; Emergency Services, Psychiatric -- methods; Crisis Intervention -- methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting involved; title: The disaster response system in the United States; title: Self-care; title: Roughing it : preparing to help in a disaster; title: Risk communication, prevention, and the media; title: Assessment : a spectrum from normal to psychopathology; title: Assessment and management of suicide after disasters; title: Screening for mental health issues following disaster; title: Children and families; title: Medically unexplained symptoms; title: Difficult encounters; title: Special populations in disaster : the impact of gender, culture, age, and severe persistent mental illness; title: Bereavement; title: Psychological first aid; title: Working with responders; title: Social interventions; title: Psychological interventions; title: Psychopharmacology; title: Collaborative care; title: Staff support; title: International perspectives; title: Telepsychiatry; title: Liability issues; title: Ethics.