Psychological Effects of Catastrophic Disasters: Group Approaches to Treatment (Haworth Series in Family and Consumer Issues in Health) (Haworth Series in Family and Consumer Issues in Health)

A thorough, user-friendly guide of basic knowledge and group interventions for psychological trauma from terrorist attacks and other catastrophic disasters There is relatively little literature on the psychological trauma caused by catastrophic disasters, including terrorist attacks and the impending threats of terrorism. Psychological Effects of Catastrophic Disasters: Group Approaches to Treatment fills that gap by comprehensively discussing ways to minimize the psychological damage resulting from catastrophic disasters as well as the trauma developed from the threat of future terrorist attacks. The book provides thorough presentations of almost manualized group methods for the prevention and treatment of the acute and longer-term psychological effects for children, adolescents, and adults. Appropriate treatment immediately after a catastrophe can diminish harmful psychological effects, enhance an individual’s quality of life, decrease psychosomatic illnesses and the exacerbation of chronic medical conditions, increase the effective utilization of medical facilities, and decrease medical expenses. In this book, internationally renowned authorities provide practical expert suggestions and helpful examples to illustrate the interventions and provide a quick reference for professionals facing the aftermath of prospective terrorist disasters and other catastrophic events. Psychological Effects of Catastrophic Disasters: Group Approaches to Treatment is divided into four sections. The first section provides an overview of the book; the second discusses the foundations and broad issues which potentially affect the outcome of group treatment; the third section presents group models which address the particular needs of children, adolescents, parents, emergency service personnel, and mental health practitioners; and the fourth part considers future directions of treatment. Designed to be used as a comprehensive single source for professionals working with victims of trauma caused by terrorism or catastrophic disaster, this book can be read and used in its entirety, or specific chapters detailing treatments can be chosen and used independently as needed. Extensive references allow opportunities for further research. Psychological Effects of Catastrophic Disasters: Group Approaches to Treatment presents unique first-person accounts of September 11th and examines: the neurobiological effects of a traumatic disaster the effective use of psychotropic medication the implications of living with ongoing terrorist threats a new framework for preparedness and response to disasters and trauma for children and families cultural, religious, and ethnic differences related to the prevention and treatment of psychological sequelae the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic grief retraumatization, distressing reminders, and their effects on post-traumatic adjustment the knowledge trauma therapists need to integrate small group principles the diagnosis and group treatment of acute and long-term effects with adults and children the use of spiritual principles after a terrorist disaster or catastrophic event nine types of groups appropriate for specific populations Psychological Effects of Catastrophic Disasters: Group Approaches to Treatment is a timely, comprehensive reference for social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, health professionals, mental health professionals, educators, and students. The royalties from this book shall be donated to organizations which provide direct services to those who continue to be affected by the events of September 11th, 2001 and Hurricane Katrina (August 29th, 2005). Trauma, Terror, And Fear : Mental Health Professionals Respond To The Impact Of 9/11--an Overview / Terence M. Keane, Linda A. Piwowarczyk -- Images Of Trauma: The Aftermath Of Terrorism And Disasters / Henry I. Spitz, Rebecca E. Spitz -- Mental Health Issues And Implications Of Living Under Ongoing Terrorist Threats / Sara A. Freedman, Rivka Tuval-mashiach -- Neurobiology Of Trauma / Craig L. Katz, Rachel Yehuda -- Children And Families : A New Framework For Preparedness And Response To Danger, Terrorism, And Trauma / Robert S. Pynoos ... [et Al.] -- Traumatic Reactions To Terrorism : The Individual And Collective Experience / K. Chase Stovall-mcclough, Marylene Cloitre -- Clinical Issues In The Psychopharmacology Of Ptsd / Steven B. Rudin, Serena Y. Volpp, Randall D. Marshall -- Respecting Cultural, Religious, And Ethnic Differences In The Prevention And Treatment Of Psychological Sequelae / Yael Danieli, Kathleen Nader -- Contextual Influences On Posttraumatic Adjustment : Retraumatization And The Roles Of Revictimization, Posttraumatic Adversities, And Distressing Reminders / Christopher M. Layne ... [et Al.] -- The Syndrome Of Traumatic Grief And Its Treatment / M. Katherine Shear ... [et Al.] -- Spirituality In The Face Of Terrorist Disasters / Kent D. Drescher -- Integrating Small-group Process Principles Into Trauma-focused Group Psychotherapy : What Should A Group Trauma Therapist Know? / D. Rob Davies, Gary M. Burlingame, Christopher M. Layne -- Critical Incident Stress Management In Terrorist Events And Disasters / Jeffrey T. Mitchell, George S. Everly, Jr. -- Group Intervention For The Prevention And Treatment Of Acute Initial Stress Reactions In Civilians / Beverley Raphael, Sally Wooding -- Present-centered Supportive Group Therapy For Trauma Survivors / Melissa S. Wattenberg ... [et Al.] -- Cognitive-behavioral Groups For Traumatically Bereaved Children And Their Parents / Karen Stubenbort, Judith A. Cohen -- Combining Cognitive Processing Therapy With Panic Exposure And Management Techniques / Sherry A. Falsetti, Heidi S. Resnick, Steven R. Lawyer -- Trauma/grief-focused Group Psychotherapy With Adolescents / William R. Saltzman ... [et Al.] -- Trauma-focus Group Therapy : An Evidence-based Group Approach To Trauma With Adults / William S. Unger ... [et Al.] -- Psychodynamic Group Treatment / Daniel S. Weiss -- Groups For Mental Health Professionals Working With Survivors / Yael Danieli -- Future Directions / David W. Foy, Daryl A. Schrock. Leon A. Schein ... [et Al.] Editors, With Shannon Vargo. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Trauma, terror, and fear : mental health responds to the impact of 9/11 an overview / Terence M. Keane, Linda Piwowarczyk Images of trauma: the aftermath of terrorism and disasters / Henry I. Spitz, Rebecca E. Spitz Mental health issues and implications of living under ongoing terrorist threats / Sara A. Freedman, Rivka Tuval-Mashiach Neurobiology of trauma / Craig L. Katz, Rachel Yehuda Children and families : a new framework for preparedness and response to danger, terrorism, and trauma / Robert S. Pynoos ... [et al.] Traumatic reactions to terrorism : the individual and collective experience / K. Chase Stovall-McClough, Marylene Cloitre Clinical issues in the psychopharmacology of PTSD / Steven B. Rudin, Serena Y. Volpp, Randall D. Marshall Respecting cultural, religious, and ethnic differences in the prevention and treatment of psychological sequelae / Yael Danieli, Kathleen Nader Contextual influences on posttraumatic adjustment : retraumatization and the roles of revictimization, posttraumatic adversities, and distressing reminders / Christopher M. Layne ... [et al.] The syndrome of traumatic grief and its treatment / M. Katherine Shear ... [et al.] Spirituality in the face of terrorist disasters / Kent D. Drescher Integrating small-group process principles into trauma-focused group psychotherapy : what should a group trauma therapist know? / D. Rob Davies, Gary M. Burlingame, Christopher M. Layne Critical incident stress management in terrorist events and disasters / Jeffrey T. Mitchell, George S. Everly Group intervention for the prevention and treatment of acute initial stress reactions in civilians / Beverley Raphael, Sally Wooding Present-centered supportive group therapy for trauma survivors / Melissa S. Wattenberg ... [et al.] Cognitive-behavioral groups for traumatically bereaved children and their parents / Karen Stubenbort, Judith A. Cohen Combining cognitive processing therapy with panic exposure and management techniques / Sherry A. Falsetti, Heidi S. Resnick, Steven Lawyer Trauma/grief-focused group psychotherapy with adolescents / William R. Saltzman ... [et al.] Trauma-focus group therapy : an evidence-based group approach to trauma with adults / William Unger ... [et al.] Psychodynamic group treatment / Daniel S. Weiss Groups for mental health professionals to limit event countertransference, secondary exposure, and vicarious traumatization / Yael Danieli Future directions / David W. Foy, Daryl A. Schrock. In response to today's increasing need for reliable, up-to-date information on treating people traumatized by catastrophic disasters, this first-of-its-kind book has been created. Here, internationally renowned authorities thoroughly explore medical treatment and numerous evidence-based group interventions, providing expert suggestions and relevant examples. This essential source is designed to serve as a quick reference for mental health and health professionals who need to be prepared for the traumatic aftermath of catastrophic disasters.