Handbook of International Disaster Psychology [Four Volumes]

Subjects:

• Psychology » Psychology (General)
• Health/Medicine » Public Health
• Political Science » Civil/Political/Human Rights
• Sociology » Social Work

Reviews:

• Disaster psychology is a relatively new discipline focusing on culturally relevant, community-based crisis intervention and stress reduction for survivors. This timely handbook has a surprising focus, especially in the first volume. Rather than serving as a clinical work, this multivolume set emphasizes program design and evaluation, coordination of humanitarian organizations, rapid response, assessment of needs, and cultural sensitivity to groups. Contributors write about the aftermath of disaster as a public health problem requiring psychosocial programming. Additionally, they discuss key issues such as the ethics of doing research at a disaster site, or the blurring of military and humanitarian operations and subsequent mortal threats to relief workers. They describe from personal experience how to implement programs for survivors (volume 2), how to assist refugees (volume 3), and how to help people with special needs, such as child soldiers, sexually abused women, and victims of torture (volume 4). A refrain throughout is that psychological distress after disaster is a "normal response to abnormal events," and that suffering may be experienced collectively rather than individually....Beyond psychology, this handbook is appropriate for human rights, public health, disaster preparedness, public policy, and social work collections....Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates and beyond.
  —Choice September 2006
• The emerging field of international disaster psychology is dedicated to the conduct of research and the planning of programs and projects to improve the psychological and emotional well being of people affected by disasters. In this four-volume set, Reyes and Jacobs have solicited contributions from authors involved in developing programs and projects.
  —SciTech Book News March 2006
• [R]eaders involved in the psychological wellbeing of disaster survivors will find the firsthand accounts inspirational and instructive.
  —Foreword This Week February 15, 2006

Table of Contents:

• Volume 1, Fundamental Issues and Overview
• Set Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Prologue
• Overview of the International Disaster Psychology Volumes
• Chapter 1: International Disaster Psychology: Purposes, Principles and Practices
• Chapter 2: Humanitarian Politics and the Rise of International Disaster Psychology
• Chapter 3: Toward a Consensus Protocol for Psychosocial Response in Complex Emergencies
• Chapter 4: In Defense of Community Psychology for International Intervention
• Chapter 5: Assessing the Psychosocial Needs of Communities Affected By Disaster
• Chapter 6: Peace-Building, Culturally Responsive Means, and Ethical Practices in Humanitarian Interventions
• Chapter 7: Effective Intercultural Collaboration on Support Programs
• Chapter 8: Working Effectively with the Mass Media in Disaster Mental Health
• Chapter 9: Negotiating the Shrunken Humanitarian Space: Challenges and Options
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• Epilogue
• Index
• About the Volume Editors
• About the Contributors
• About the Series
• About the Series Editor and Advisory Board
• Volume 2, Programs and Practices
• Series Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Prologue
• Overview of the International Disaster Psychology Volumes
• Chapter 1: Psychological First Aid
• Chapter 2: Interventions with Youth and Families: A Prevention and Stepped Care Model
• Chapter 3: Implementing Programs in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Was It Really Mission Impossible?
• Chapter 4: Implementation of Mental Health Programs for Survivors of Natural Disasters in Latin America
• Chapter 5: Psychological Support Following the Venezuelan Floods and Mudslides of 1999
• Chapter 6: Implementation of a Training of Trainers Model for Disseminating Psychological Support in the Cuban Red Cross
• Chapter 7: Responses to the Bombing of the American Embassy in Nairobi: Challenges, Lessons And Opportunities
• Chapter 8: Psychosocial Research and Interventions after the Rwanda Genocide
• Chapter 9: Approaches to Healing: Case Examples from Lusophone Africa
• Chapter 10: Monitoring and Evaluating Psychosocial Work with Children in Sri Lanka
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• Epilogue
• Index
• About the Volumes Editors
• About the Contributors
• About the Series Editor and Advisors
• Volume 3, Refugee Mental Health
• Series Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Prologue
• Overview of the International Disaster Psychology Volumes
• Chapter 1: The Impact of Mass Psychological Trauma on Psychosocial Adaptation Among Refugees
• Chapter 2: Serving the Mental Health Needs of Post-Migratory Adult Refugees in Sweden: A Transitional Augmentation Approach
• Chapter 3: Framework for Developing and Implementing Multi-Family Groups for Refugee Families
• Chapter 4: Mental Health Reform and Assisting Psychiatric Leaders in Post-War Countries
• Chapter 5: The Healing Power of Forgiveness and the Resolution of Protracted Conflicts
• Chapter 6: Personal Reflections on 30 Years of Treating Traumatized Refugees
• Chapter 7: Challenges in International Disaster Mental Health Research
• Chapter 8: Development of the Rapid Assessment of Mental Health: An International Collaboration
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• Epilogue
• Appendix: WHO Tool for Rapid Assessment of Mental Health Needs
• Index
• About the Volumes Editors
• About the Contributors
• About the Series Editor and Advisors
• Volume 4, Interventions with Special Needs Populations
• Series Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Prologue
• Overview of the International Disaster Psychology Volumes
• Chapter 1: Crisis and Gender: Addressing the Psychosocial Needs of Women in International Disasters
• Chapter 2: Sexual Violence Against Women and Children in the Context of Armed Conflict
• Chapter 3: How Do You Mend Broken Hearts? Gender, War and Impacts on Girls in Fighting Forces
• Chapter 4: Children Affected by Armed Conflict in South Asia: A Regional Summary
• Chapter 5: Serving the Psychosocial Needs of Torture Survivors
• Chapter 6: Managing Stress in Humanitarian Aid Workers: The Role of the Organization
• Chapter 7: Psychosocial Crisis Intervention with Military and Emergency Services Personnel
• Chapter 8: Helping Journalists Who Cover Humanitarian Crises
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• Epilogue
• Appendix: Brief Profiles of Humanitarian Organizations
• Index
• About the Volumes Editors
• About the Contributors
• About the Series Editor and Advisors