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OverviewIt is becoming increasingly common for psychiatrists to be among the first responders when disaster strikes. More than 800 psychiatrists are believed to have responded to the 9/11 attacks. The first clinical manual on the best practices for helping those affected by disaster, Disaster Psychiatry: Readiness, Evaluation, and Treatment offers an explicit and practical discussion of the evidence base for recommendations for psychiatric evaluation and interventions for disaster survivors. Disaster is defined by the World Health Organization as a severe disruption, ecological and psychosocial, that greatly exceeds a community's capacity to cope. This manual takes an ""all-hazards"" approach to disasters and has application to natural occurrences such as earthquakes and hurricanes; accidental technological events such as airplane crashes; and willful human acts such as terrorism. The field of disaster psychiatry is more important than ever, in response to disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Today, disaster psychiatry encompasses a wide spectrum of clinical interests, ranging from public health preparations and early psychological interventions to psychiatric consultation to surgical units and psychotherapeutic interventions to alleviate stress in children and families after school shootings, hurricanes, or civil conflict. Although disaster mental health is still a young field, research is gradually yielding methods for accurately identifying valid relationships among preexisting risk factors, postdisaster mental health problems, and effective interventions. With its practical approach to readiness, response, and intervention and its focus on evidence-based recommendations for psychiatric evaluation and interventions, Disaster Psychiatry: Readiness, Evaluation, and Treatment is an invaluable manual for educator and student alike. The manual draws on a variety of sources, including the peer-reviewed scientific literature, the clinical wisdom imparted by front-line psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, and the experiences of those who have organized disaster mental health services, including the American Psychiatric Association and Disaster Psychiatry Outreach. Each chapter provides clear and concise information and in-depth review, followed by helpful study questions and answers. This book has been developed to give professionals the knowledge they need to respond swiftly and appropriately when disaster strikes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Frederick J. Stoddard, Jr. (Massachusetts General Hospital- SBH 610) , Anand Pandya, MD (Vice Chair, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) , Craig L. Katz (Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education ) , Group for the Advancement of PsychiatryPublisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing Imprint: American Psychiatric Association Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780873182171ISBN 10: 0873182170 Pages: 418 Publication Date: 11 June 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContributorsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: ReadinessChapter 1. Preparation and Systems Issues: Integrating Into a Disaster ResponseChapter 2. Communicating Risk Before, During, and After a DisasterChapter 3. Rescuing Ourselves: Self-Care in the Disaster Response CommunityChapter 4. Needs AssessmentPart II: EvaluationChapter 5. Psychiatric EvaluationChapter 6. Special PopulationsChapter 7. Serious Mental IllnessChapter 8. Substance AbuseChapter 9. Personality IssuesChapter 10. Injuries and Triage of Medical ComplaintsChapter 11. Grief and ResiliencePart III: InterventionChapter 12. Psychological First AidChapter 13. Group and Family InterventionsChapter 14. PsychotherapiesChapter 15. Psychopharmacology: Acute PhaseChapter 16. Psychopharmacology: Postacute PhaseChapter 17. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry InterventionsChapter 18. Geriatric Psychiatry InterventionsPart IV: Emerging and Other TopicsChapter 19. Psychiatrists as AmbassadorsChapter 20. Legal and Ethical IssuesChapter 21. Telepsychiatry in Disasters and Public Health EmergenciesAppendixes:A Key Readings and ResourcesB Answers to Review QuestionsIndexReviewsThis all-inclusive book on disaster psychiatry uses excellent figures, tables, diagrams, teaching point sections, summaries, conclusions, and clinical case vignettes to teach, reinforce, and truly explain the guiding principles of the field. The review questions at the end of each chapter, along with the references, provide an excellent way to test and reinforce knowledge and avenues for further reading. This is a wonderful book on a pertinent and fascinating subject appropriate for almost any mental healthcare professional practicing or interested in disaster psychiatry. * Steve Paschos, M.D., Doody Enterprises * Disaster Psychiatry: Readiness, Evaluation, and Treatment is a useful resource on disaster psychiatry with practical guidance for clinicians. * Nilamadhab Kar, The British Journal of Psychiatry * The editors clearly recognize the broad range of skills and knowledge psychiatrists need to use before, during, and after a disaster. By combining clinical guidance at the individual patient level with guidance on assessment and intervention strategies at the population level, they have made a major contribution to clinical care in disasters with their well organized, easily readable, and clinically focused textbook Individual chapters serve as 'stand-alone' clinical guides to preparedness, assessment, treatment, and population level interventions. Each chapter is followed by excellent key points and review questions that allow readers to review important concepts and evaluate knowledge acquired. * David M. Benedek, M.D., Journal of Psychiatric Practice March 2012 * Disaster Psychiatry is kind of a how-to manual for psychiatrists as first responders. And while the skills of the profession can be very important in the event, doctors will usually find that they don't practice them as they would in a traditional setting A fine primer for psychiatrists who want to volunteer their services in a crisis, this book covers all the issues they'll need to address. * Natural Hazards Observer November 2012 * <p> Disaster Psychiatry: Readiness, Evaluation, and Treatment is a welcome reference for psychiatrists who volunteer their time and expertise to help populations affected by exposure to catastrophic events. The authors of this unique training manual are experts who have experienced first hand or studied the predicament of colleagues faced with the sudden need to complement clinical expertise with a systematic public health approach to the unique challenges posed by disasters. Although the timing of disasters is hard to predict, anticipatory preparation of the type outlined in this volume, particularly in conjunction with specific training sessions, will greatly magnify the effectiveness and value of the skills and knowledge that our psychiatric colleagues bring to organized response efforts when disasters do occur. The American Psychiatric Association Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disasters supports a disaster resource Web site (at www.psych.org), offers regular disaster tr Author InformationFrederick J. Stoddard Jr., M.D., is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, and Chair of the Committee on Disasters and Terrorism of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. Anand Pandya, M.D., is Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California; Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles; and Vice President of Disaster Psychiatry Outreach in New York, New York. Craig L. Katz, M.D., is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, and President of Disaster Psychiatry Outreach in New York, New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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