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First published in 1990. As the fifteenth volume of the Brunner/Mazel Psychosocial Stress Series, this book focuses on a psychosocial stressor that affects thousands of people every year. The authors argue that the displaced worker is denied the dignity bestowed by employment, in addition to a source of income, security, and insurance benefits. This volume forms a new orientation for thinking about human behavior under extraordinary conditions.

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Carl A. Maida is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. His publications include Sustainability and Communities of Place (2007), Pathways Through Crisis: Urban Risk and Public Culture (2008) and Children and Disasters (1999). He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Anthropological Association, and the Society for Applied Anthropology. Norma S. Gordon, M.A. ,developed intervention programs in the fields of child abuse prevention, disaster mental health, and displaced worker counseling; and conducted research on the psychological and social impacts of natural disasters funded by the National Science Foundation. She provided disaster mental health consultation and emergency preparedness training to the National Institute of Mental Health, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the American Red Cross. Norman L. Farberow, Ph.D., co-founded the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center and the International Society for Suicide Prevention, and served as president of two American Psychological Association Divisions and of national and international associations for suicide prevention. He received several awards for his contributions to clinical psychology and suicide prevention.

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