| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents -- illustrations -- preface to the first edition -- preface to the second edition -- acknowledgements -- 1 survival and bereavement -- 2 technological disaster -- 3 organising for disaster -- 4 crisis intervention, debriefing and outreach -- 5 treating post- traumatic stress and abnormal grief -- 6 disaster workers -- references -- index |
| Summary |
This practical handbook for those providing psychosocial aftercare for victims of disasters has been completely revised and updated and it includes the latest findings on the effects of trauma and treatment models for abnormal grief |
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Coping with Catastrophe is a practical handbook for people who provide psychosocial aftercare for victims of disasters. This completely revised and updated second edition includes the latest findings on the nature and effects of trauma, the psychological debriefing process and the effects of emergency work, and the latest treatment models for post-traumatic stress and abnormal grief. Eminently practical and easy to read, Coping with Catastrophe provides readers with information and skills to respond effectively and confidently to the needs of disaster survivors. It will be of immense value to a wide variety of helping professionals and carers, including social workers, psychologists, doctors, voluntary counsellors, and all those whose work brings them into contact with disaster victims. Coping with Catastrophe is a practical handbook for people who provide psychosocial aftercare for victims of disasters. This completely revised and updated second edition includes the latest findings on the nature and effects of trauma, the psychological debriefing process and the effects of emergency work, and the latest treatment models for post-traumatic stress and abnormal grief. Eminently practical and easy to read, Coping with Catastrophe provides readers with information and skills to respond effectively and confidently to the needs of disaster survivors. It will be of immense value to a wide variety of helping professionals and carers, including social workers, psychologists, doctors, voluntary counsellors, and all those whose work brings them into contact with disaster victims |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-248) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Emergency management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Disasters.
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Crisis intervention (Mental health services)
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Emergency management.
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Disasters
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Crisis Intervention
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Disaster Planning
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disasters.
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disaster planning.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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Disasters
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Crisis intervention (Mental health services)
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Emergency management
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Slachtoffers.
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Rampen.
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Hulpverlening.
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Posttraumatische stressstoornis.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Stewart, Michael, 1952 February 4-
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| ISBN |
0203133420 |
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9780203133422 |
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