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Interventions Following Mass Violence and Disasters: Strategies for Mental Health Practice |  | Creators: Elspeth Cameron Ritchie MD, Patricia J. Watson PhD, Matthew J. Friedman MD PhD
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1020223
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 430
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 1593855893
Dewey Decimal Number: 616
EAN: 9781593855895
ASIN: 1593855893
Publication Date: June 25, 2007
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Grounded in the best science available, this essential volume presents practical guidelines for effective clinical intervention in the immediate, intermediate, and long-term aftermath of large-scale traumatic events. Vital lessons learned from a variety of mass traumas and natural disasters are incorporated into the book's thorough review of strategies for helping specific victim and survivor populations. The editors and authors include over 40 leading experts in disaster mental health. Of crucial importance, they clearly summarize the empirical evidence supporting each intervention and provide other guidance based on experience and consensus recommendations.
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very useful and a good resource March 8, 2007
Alexandre Teixeira
it's a very useful and a good resource in cases of mass disasters, with a very practice mode
Granting the reader a complete understanding of psychological discoveries and breakthroughs April 3, 2006
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Knowledgeably co-edited and authored by the professional team of Elspeth Cameron Ritchie (Psychiatry Consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General), Patricia J. Watson (National Center For Posttraumatic Stress Disorder) and Matthew J. Friedman (Executive Director of the National Center for PTSD) Interventions Following Mass Violence And Disasters is a work of seminal, in-depth scholarship focused upon understanding and studying mental health oriented responses following large-scale traumatic events. Granting the reader a complete understanding of psychological discoveries and breakthroughs in the study of aiding those affective by extensive and damaging traumatic experiences, Interventions Following Mass Violence And Disasters informs the reader of every necessity to competently help a patient recover their emotional stability and well-being. An important and core addition to professional and academic library reference collections on Psychology and Psychiatry, Interventions Following Mass Violence And Disasters is very strongly recommended as an excellent reference for all practicing psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrist, counselors, nurses, "first responders" and trauma victims.
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