Disaster Psychiatry: Readiness, Evaluation, and Treatment (Paperback)

ContributorsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: ReadinessChapter 1. Preparation and Systems Issues: Integrating Into a Disaster ResponseChapter 2. Communicating Risk Before, During, and After a DisasterChapter 3. Rescuing Ourselves: Self-Care in the Disaster Response CommunityChapter 4. Needs AssessmentPart II: EvaluationChapter 5. Psychiatric EvaluationChapter 6. Special PopulationsChapter 7. Serious Mental IllnessChapter 8. Substance AbuseChapter 9. Personality IssuesChapter 10. Injuries and Triage of Medical ComplaintsChapter 11. Grief and ResiliencePart III: InterventionChapter 12. Psychological First AidChapter 13. Group and Family InterventionsChapter 14. PsychotherapiesChapter 15. Psychopharmacology: Acute PhaseChapter 16. Psychopharmacology: Postacute PhaseChapter 17. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry InterventionsChapter 18. Geriatric Psychiatry InterventionsPart IV: Emerging and Other TopicsChapter 19. Psychiatrists as AmbassadorsChapter 20. Legal and Ethical IssuesChapter 21. Telepsychiatry in Disasters and Public Health EmergenciesAppendixes:A Key Readings and ResourcesB Answers to Review QuestionsIndex