Children and Disasters
Published on 8. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXII, 237 pages
978-1-4419-3234-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1993
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XXII, 237 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
406 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4419-3234-1 (9781441932341)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4757-4766-9
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Conway F. Saylor
Children and Disasters
Book
06/1993
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
€106.99
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Content
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.