Disaster mental health services : a primer for practitioners / Diane Myers, David F. Wee.

"This book helps clinicians and other responders to apply their existing knowledge to work in a disaster field. It presents a comprehensive model of disaster mental health service delivery, developed, refined, and employed by the authors in a variety of crises. The CODE-C model (Consultation, O...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Myers, Diane Garaventa
Other Authors: Wee, David F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2005.
Series:Brunner-Routledge psychosocial stress series ; no. 27.
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Table of Contents:
  • Disaster concepts and roles. Disasters and their impact ; Special populations in disaster
  • Services, programs, and workers. Code-C: a model for disaster mental health service delivery ; Stress management and prevention of compassion fatigue for psychotraumatologists ; Critical incident stress management in large scale disasters ; Support groups in disaster mental health programs
  • New issues and challenges. Weapons of mass destruction and terrorism: mental health issues and interventions.