Handbook Of International Disaster Psychology: Four Volumes] (Contemporary Psychology)

The emerging field of international disaster psychology is dedicated to the conduct of research and the planning of programs and projects to improve the psychological and emotional well being of people affected by disasters. In this four-volume set, Reyes (Fielding Graduate U.) and Jacobs (U. of South Dakota) have solicited contributions from authors involved in developing programs and projects. The nine papers of the first volume are presented as an orientation and introduction to the field and discuss the relationship between disaster psychology and humanitarian politics, the development of a consensus protocol for psychosocial response in complex emergencies, a community psychology model for international psychosocial intervention, assessment of psychosocial needs, intercultural collaboration, and working with the mass media in disaster mental health. Volume Two contains ten chapters surveying programs and practices of international disaster psychology, including case material from the Venezuelan floods of 1999, the Cuban Red Cross, the bombing of the American embassy in Nairobi, and the Rwanda Genocide. Refugee mental health is the topic of the next volume's eight chapters, which are more theoretical then preceding material. Interventions with special needs populations are discussed in the final volume, which contains explorations of sexual violence in armed conflict, psychological problem in girls in fighting forces, the psychosocial needs of survivors of torture, managing stress in humanitarian aid workers, and helping journalists who cover humanitarian crises.
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The emerging field of international disaster psychology is dedicated to the conduct of research and the planning of programs and projects to improve the psychological and emotional well being of people affected by disasters. In this four-volume set, Reyes (Fielding Graduate U.) and Jacobs (U. of South Dakota) have solicited contributions from authors involved in developing programs and projects. The nine papers of the first volume are presented as an orientation and introduction to the field and discuss the relationship between disaster psychology and humanitarian politics, the development of a consensus protocol for psychosocial response in complex emergencies, a community psychology model for international psychosocial intervention, assessment of psychosocial needs, intercultural collaboration, and working with the mass media in disaster mental health. Volume Two contains ten chapters surveying programs and practices of international disaster psychology, including case material from the Venezuelan floods of 1999, the Cuban Red Cross, the bombing of the American embassy in Nairobi, and the Rwanda Genocide. Refugee mental health is the topic of the next volume's eight chapters, which are more theoretical then preceding material. Interventions with special needs populations are discussed in the final volume, which contains explorations of sexual violence in armed conflict, psychological problem in girls in fighting forces, the psychosocial needs of survivors of torture, managing stress in humanitarian aid workers, and helping journalists who cover humanitarian crises. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The emerging field of international disaster psychology is dedicated to the conduct of research and the planning of programs and projects to improve the psychological and emotional well being of people affected by disasters. In this four-volume set, Reyes and Jacobs have solicited contributions from authors involved in developing programs and projects.SciTech Book News

[R]eaders involved in the psychological wellbeing of disaster survivors will find the firsthand accounts inspirational and instructive.Foreword This Week

Disaster psychology is a relatively new discipline focusing on culturally relevant, community-based crisis intervention and stress reduction for survivors. This timely handbook has a surprising focus, especially in the first volume. Rather than serving as a clinical work, this multivolume set emphasizes program design and evaluation, coordination of humanitarian organizations, rapid response, assessment of needs, and cultural sensitivity to groups. Contributors write about the aftermath of disaster as a public health problem requiring psychosocial programming. Additionally, they discuss key issues such as the ethics of doing research at a disaster site, or the blurring of military and humanitarian operations and subsequent mortal threats to relief workers. They describe from personal experience how to implement programs for survivors (volume 2), how to assist refugees (volume 3), and how to help people with special needs, such as child soldiers, sexually abused women, and victims of torture (volume 4). A refrain throughout is that psychological distress after disaster is a "normal response to abnormal events," and that suffering may be experienced collectively rather than individually....Beyond psychology, this handbook is appropriate for human rights, public health, disaster preparedness, public policy, and social work collections....Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates and beyond.Choice

ntal health and stability for survivors of manmade and natural disasters, from genocide attempts and terrorist attacks to tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods.

Introduces the new and burdgeoning field of disaster psychology, illustrating how local and international humanitarian workers can effectively provide care to help restore mental health and stability for survivors of manmade and natural disasters, from genocide attempts and terrorist attacks to tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods.