| Description |
xvii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
I. Concepts and Key Issues -- Ch. 1. Children Experiencing Disasters: Definitions, Reactions, and Predictors of Outcomes / Wendy K. Silverman and Annette M. La Greca -- Ch. 2. Assessment of Children and Adolescents Exposed to Disaster / Conway Saylor and Virginia DeRoma -- Ch. 3. Intervention Approaches Following Disasters / Eric M. Vernberg -- Ch. 4. Multicultural Issues in the Response of Children to Disasters / Aline E. Rabalais, Kenneth J. Ruggiero and Joseph R. Scotti -- II. Natural Disasters: Introduction / Eric M. Vernberg -- Ch. 5. Hurricanes and Earthquakes / Annette M. La Greca and Mitchell J. Prinstein -- Ch. 6. Wilderness Area and Wildfire Disasters: Insights From a Child and Adolescent Screening Program / Brett M. McDermott and Lyle J. Palmer -- Ch. 7. Floods / Gerard A. Jacobs, Jorge V. Boero and Randal P. Quevillon / [et al.] -- Ch. 8. Residential Fires / Russell T. Jones and Thomas H. Ollendick -- III. Human-Made and Technological Disasters: Introduction / Michael C. Roberts -- Ch. 9. Toxic Waste Spills and Nuclear Accidents / Minhnoi C. Wroble and Andrew Baum -- Ch. 10. Mass Transportation Disasters / William Yule, Orlee Udwin and Derek Bolton -- Ch. 11. Dam Break: Long-Term Follow-Up of Children Exposed to the Buffalo Creek Disaster / Mindy Korol, Teresa L. Kramer and Mary C. Grace / [et al.] -- Ch. 12. The Traumatic Impact of Motor Vehicle Accidents / Joseph R. Scotti, Kenneth J. Ruggiero and Aline E. Rabalais -- IV. Acts of Violence: Introduction / Annette M. La Greca and Wendy K. Silverman -- Ch. 13. Shootings, Hostage Takings, and Children / Kathleen Nader and Christine Mello -- Ch. 14. The Aftermath of Terrorism / Robin H. Gurwitch, Karen A. Sitterle and Bruce H. Young / [et al.] -- Ch. 15. Children Under Stress of War / Avigdor Klingman -- Ch. 16. Children's Exposure to Community Violence / Janis B. Kupersmidt, Ariana Shahinfar and Mary Ellen Voegler-Lee -- V. Conclusions and Implications -- Ch. 17. Children and Disasters: Future Directions for Research and Public Policy / Annette M. La Greca, Wendy K. Silverman and Eric M. Vernberg / [et al.] |
| Summary |
This book, "offers clinicians, mental health workers, and others providing emergency responses the most comprehensive, up-to-date information available on the immediate and lasting effects of trauma on children and adolescents." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Psychic trauma in children.
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Disasters -- Psychological aspects.
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Terrorism -- Psychological aspects.
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- rehabilitation.
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Adolescent.
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Child.
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Disasters.
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Survivors -- psychology.
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Violence.
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| Author |
La Greca, Annette M. (Annette Marie)
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| LC no. |
2002020537 |
| ISBN |
1557989141 : |
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