Disaster psychiatry
Subtitle: readiness, evaluation, and treatment
By: edited by Frederick J. Stoddard Jr., Anand Pandya, Craig L. Katz
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780873182171
Subjects: Psychic trauma; Psychology; Crisis intervention (Mental health services); Survivors; Therapy; Treatment; Psychological aspects; Psychiatric Emergency Services; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Disasters; Crisis Intervention
Description: It is becoming increasingly common for psychiatrists to be among the first responders when disaster strikes. More than 800 psychiatrists are believed to have responded to the 9/11 attacks. The first clinical manual on the best practices for helping those affected by disaster. An explicit and practical discussion of the evidence base for recommendations for psychiatric evaluation and interventions for disaster survivors. Disaster is defined by the World Health Organization as a severe disruption, ecological and psychosocial, that greatly exceeds a community's capacity to cope. This manual takes an "all-hazards" approach to disasters and has application to natural occurrences such as earthquakes and hurricanes; accidental technological events such as airplane crashes; and willful human acts such as terrorism. The field of disaster psychiatry is more important than ever, in response to disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Today, disaster psychiatry encompasses a wide spectrum of clinical interests, ranging from public health preparations and early psychological interventions to psychiatric consultation to surgical units and psychotherapeutic interventions to alleviate stress in children and families after school shootings, hurricanes, or civil conflict.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preparation and systems issues : integrating into a disaster response / Edward M. Kantor and David Beckert; title: Communicating risk before, during, and after a disaster / Frederick J. Stoddard Jr.; title: Rescuing ourselves : self-care in the disaster response community / Joseph P. Merlino; title: Needs assessment / Craig L. Katz; title: Psychiatric evaluation / Craig L. Katz; title: Special populations / Frank G. Dowling and Kristina Jones; title: Serious mental illness / Anand Pandya; title: Substance abuse / David J. Mysels, Maria A. Sullivan, and Frank G. Dowling; title: Personality issues / Srinivasan Pillay; title: Injuries and triage of medical complaints / Kristina Jones; title: Grief and resilience / Chad Lemaire; title: Psychological first aid / Edward M. Kantor and David Beckert; title: Family and group interventions / Anand Pandya; title: Psychotherapies / Srinivasan Pillay; title: Psychopharmacology : acute phase / Kristina Jones; title: Psychopharmacology : postacute phase / Frederick J. Stoddard Jr.; title: Child and adolescent psychiatry interventions / Heather Shibley and Frederick J. Stoddard Jr.; title: Geriatric psychiatry interventions / Kenneth Sakauye; title: Psychiatrists as ambassadors / Grant H. Brenner; title: Legal and ethical issues / Anand Pandya; title: Telepsychiatry in disasters and public health emergencies / Anthony T. Ng.