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Children and Disasters

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In response to the growing concern for the psychological impact of disasters on children, this book integrates a diverse body of literature-including theory, case studies and other research, and assessment and intervention techniques-contributed by many of the fields most experienced professionals. Child and school psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, mental health administrators, and pediatricians will all appreciate the work's unique focus on the reaction of children to extreme stress.

List of contents

Introduction: Children and Disasters: Clinical and Research Issues.- 1. Stress and Coping in Children and Families: Implications for Children Coping with Disaster.- 2. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents.- 3. Issues in the Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children.- 4. Concepts of Death and Loss in Childhood and Adolescence: A Developmental Perspective.- 5. Impact of Natural Disasters on Children and Families.- 6. Technology-Related Disasters.- 7. Psychological Response of Children to Shootings and Hostage Situations.- 8. Children and War.- 9. Individual and Small-Group Psychotherapy for Children Involved in Trauma and Disaster.- 10. School-Based Intervention Following a Disaster.- 11. Community-Level Intervention after a Disaster.

Product details

Assisted by Conwa F Saylor (Editor), Conway F Saylor (Editor), Conway F. Saylor (Editor), Conway Fleming Saylor (Editor)
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 22.10.2010
 
EAN 9781441932341
ISBN 978-1-4419-3234-1
No. of pages 237
Illustrations XXII, 237 p.
Series Issues in Clinical Child Psychology
Issues in Clinical Child Psychology
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine
Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology

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