Interventions Following Mass Violence and Disasters (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
430
Utgivningsdatum
2007-08-09
Förlag
Guilford Publications
Medarbetare
Friedman, Matthew J., Ph.D. (VT; Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, United States) (red.) / Watson, Patricia J (red.) / Friedman, Matthew J (red.)
Dimensioner
226 x 157 x 27 mm
Vikt
590 g
ISBN
9781593855895

Interventions Following Mass Violence and Disasters

Strategies for Mental Health Practice

av Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Patricia J Watson, Matthew J Friedman, Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Patricia J Watson
Häftad,  Engelska, 2007-08-09
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Grounded in the best science available, this essential volume presents practical guidelines for effective clinical intervention in the immediate, intermediate, and long-term aftermath of large-scale traumatic events. Vital lessons learned from a variety of mass traumas and natural disasters are incorporated into the book's thorough review of strategies for helping specific victim and survivor populations. The editors and authors include over 40 leading experts in disaster mental health. Of crucial importance, they clearly summarize the empirical evidence supporting each intervention and provide other guidance based on experience and consensus recommendations.
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Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Patricia J Watson, Matthew J Friedman, Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Patricia J Watson

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Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH, is Psychiatry Consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General. Her assignments and other missions have taken her to Korea, Somalia, Iraq, Israel, and Vietnam. An internationally recognized expert, Dr. Ritchie brings a unique public health approach to the management of disaster and combat mental health issues. She has published numerous articles on forensic, disaster, and military operational psychiatry. Patricia J. Watson, PhD, is a Senior Educational Specialist for the National Center for PTSD. She collaborates with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and subject-matter experts to create publications for public and mental health interventions following large-scale terrorism, disaster, and pandemic flu. Matthew J. Friedman, MD, PhD, is Executive Director, National Center for PTSD, and Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Dartmouth Medical School. He has worked as a clinician and researcher for 30 years, and has published 15 books and over 140 chapters and scientific articles on stress and PTSD, biological psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and clinical outcome studies on depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and chemical dependency. Listed in The Best Doctors in America, he is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, which awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award; and Chair of the scientific advisory board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.

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