| Description |
xvii, 446 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Children experiencing disasters: definitions, reactions, and predictors of outcomes. -- Assessment of children and adolescents exposed to disaster. -- Intervention approaches following disasters. -- Multicultural issues in the response of children to disasters. -- Natural disasters: introduction. -- Hurricanes and earthquakes. -- Wilderness area and wildfire disasters: insights from a child and adolescent screening program. -- Floods. -- Residential fires. -- Human-made and technological disasters: introduction. -- Toxic waste spills and nuclear accidents. -- Mass transportation disasters. -- Dam break: long-term follow-up of children exposed to the Buffalo Creek disaster. -- The traumatic impact of motor vehicle accidents. -- Acts of violence: introduction. -- Shootings, hostage takings, and children. -- The aftermath of terrorism. -- Children under stress of ware. -- Children's exposure ot community violence. -- Conclusions and implications. -- Children and disasters: future directions for research and public policy. |
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Psychic trauma in children.
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Disasters -- Psychological aspects.
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Terrorism -- Psychological aspects.
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.
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Child.
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Stress, Psychological.
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Adaptation, Psychological.
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Disasters.
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Terrorism -- psychology.
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| Added Author |
La Greca, Annette M. (Annette Marie)
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| ISBN |
1557989141 alkaline paper |
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