Mental health and disasters / edited by Yuval Neria, Columbia University, Medical Center, New York, New York, Sandro Galea, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Fran H. Norris, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

xvi, 624 pages : black and white illustrations ; 26 cm

Originally published: 2009.

Disaster mental health research : exposure, impact and response / Uyval Neria, Sandro Galea, and Fran H. Norris -- Disaster mental health research : past, present, and future / Beverley Raphael and Paul Maguire -- The experience of disaster : trauma, loss, adversities, and community effects / Fran H. Norris and Leslie H. Wind -- Anxiety disorders and PTSD / Alexander C. McFarlane, Miranda Van Hooff, and Freya Goodhew -- Physical health problems after disasters / C. Joris Yzermans, Bellis van den Berg, and Anja J.E. Dirkzwager -- Substance use and misuse after disaster prevalences and correlates / Peter G. van der Velden and Rolf J. Kleber -- Depression and prolonged grief in the wake of disasters / Shira Maguen ... [et al.] -- What is psychopathology after disasters? Considerations about the nature of the psychological and behavioral consequences of disasters / Robert J. Ursano, Carol S. Fullerton, and David M. Benedek -- Resilience after disaster / George A. Bonanno and Sumati Gupta -- Social and cognitive frameworks for understanding the mental health consequences of disasters / Charles C. Benight, Roman Cieslak, and Edward Waldrep -- Distinctions that matter : received social support, perceived social support, and social embeddedness after disasters / Krzysztof Kaniasty and Fran H. Norris -- Women and disasters / Rachel Kimerling, Katelyn P. Mack, and Jennifer Alvarez -- Child mental health in the aftermath of disaster : a review of PTSD studies / Christina W. Hoven ... [et al.] -- Disaster mental health in older adults : symptoms, policy, and planning / Joan M. Cook and Diane L. Elmore -- The effects of disaster on the mental health of individuals with disabilities / Laura M. Stough -- Factors associated with exposure and response to disasters among marginalized populations / Alesia O. Hawkins ... [et al.] -- Journalism and media during disasters / Elana Newman, Bruce Shapiro, and Summer Nelson -- Uniformed rescue workers responding to disaster / Shannon E. McCaslin ... [et al.] --

Mental health treatments in the wake of disaster / Richard A. Bryant and Brett T. Litz -- Evidence-based long-term treatment of mental health consequences of disasters among adults / JoAnn Difede and Judith Cukor -- Mental health care for children in the wake of disasters / Jessica Mass Levitt ... [et al.] -- Utilization of mental health services after disasters / Jon D. Elhai and Julian D. Ford -- The mental health impact of the Southeast Asia tsunami / Barbara Lopes Cardozo ... [et al.] -- Advances in our understanding of earthquake trauma and its treatment : a self-help model of mental health care for survivors / Metin Bașoǧlu, Ebru Șalcioǧlu, and Maria Livanou -- Hurricane Katrina / Ronald C. Kessler ... [et al.] -- The long-term mental health impacts of the Chernobyl accident / Evelyn J. Bromet and Johan M. Havenaar -- The Exxon Valdez oil spill / Lawrence A. Palinkas -- Enschede Fireworks disaster / Peter G. van der Velden, C. Joris Yzermans, and Linda Grievink -- Eyewitness to mass murder : findings from studies of four multiple shooting episodes / Carol S. North and Richard V. King -- The Oklahoma City bombing / Betty Pfefferbaum, Phebe Tucker, and Carol S. North -- The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in New York City / Charles DiMaggio and Paula Madrid -- The psychological consequences of the London bombings / Neil Greenberg, G. James Rubin, and Simon Wessely -- Psychological responses to terrorism in Israel : 2000-2004 / Arieh Y. Shalev and Yael L.E. Errera -- Methodological challenges in studying the mental health consequences of disasters / Sandro Galea and Andrea R. Maxwell -- Disaster mental health research : current state, gaps in knowledge, and future directions / Yuval Neria, Sandro Galea, and Fran H. Norris.

Includes bibliographical references and index.