Coping With Catastrophe

Author : Peter E. Hodgkinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134703120
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coping With Catastrophe written by Peter E. Hodgkinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coping with Catastrophe is a practical handbook for people who provide psychosocial aftercare for victims of disasters. This completely revised and updated second edition includes the latest findings on the nature and effects of trauma, the psychological debriefing process and the effects of emergency work, and the latest treatment models for post-traumatic stress and abnormal grief. Eminently practical and easy to read, Coping with Catastrophe provides readers with information and skills to respond effectively and confidently to the needs of disaster survivors. It will be of immense value to a wide variety of helping professionals and carers, including social workers, psychologists, doctors, voluntary counsellors, and all those whose work brings them into contact with disaster victims.

Author : Gary L. Wamsley
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788116355
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coping with Catastrophe written by Gary L. Wamsley and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive & objective study of governmental capacity to respond effectively to major natural disasters. Covers: evolution of the emergency management function; Federal responsibility & the President's role in emergency mgmt.; FEMA; the Federal responsibility & the role of Congress; state & local government organizational capability; & is the current approach viable? Extensive bibliography. Charts & tables.

Author : Peter E. Hodgkinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780415040983
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coping with Catastrophe written by Peter E. Hodgkinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1991 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles R. Figley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131773663X
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stress And The Family written by Charles R. Figley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1983. All families experience stress: the adjustment period when an infant is born; the many problems engendered by adolescents; role, dual-career, and work demands; environmental and societal problems; sexuality; divorce; marital tension; and the stress inherent in single parenting and stepparenting. In addition, families are frequently confronted by unexpected, stress-causing catastrophes: chronic illness and death addiction; abandonment by a spouse; unemployment; rape; national and international political crises; and natural disasters. Stress and the Family, Volume II: Coping With Catastrophe shows how the family produces and reacts to stress-causing situations and problems, and identifies a wide range of stress sources-those "normal," gradual, and cumulative life stressors commonly related to intimate family interaction and development, and those sudden, unpredictable, and often overwhelming stress-causing events or circumstances arising outside the family microsystem. The volume provides a blueprint for understanding the intricate patterns of individual and family reactions to catastrophes, showing how pro­foundly a disaster which strikes one family member can affect the entire family. Clinicians and family researchers discuss catastrophes that impact families infrequently, but without warning and with devastating consequences. Each chapter opens with a brief case study of a family struggling with the aftermath of a particular catastrophe.Coping With Catastrophe, and its companion volume, Coping With Normative Transitions, are based upon research, theories, and techniques in this area from both family therapy and sociology. The clear, practical intervention methods described and meticulous structural organization make both vol­umes pioneering textbooks for students and professionals interested not only in a comprehensive understanding of stress and the family, but also in strategies for helping families develop effective coping styles.

Author : Peter E. Hodgkinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415168533
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Handbook of Post-disaster Psychosocial Aftercare written by Peter E. Hodgkinson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jon Kabat-Zinn
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0345539729
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition) written by Jon Kabat-Zinn and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The landmark work on mindfulness, meditation, and healing, now revised and updated after twenty-five years Stress. It can sap our energy, undermine our health if we let it, even shorten our lives. It makes us more vulnerable to anxiety and depression, disconnection and disease. Based on Jon Kabat-Zinn’s renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction program, this classic, groundbreaking work—which gave rise to a whole new field in medicine and psychology—shows you how to use medically proven mind-body approaches derived from meditation and yoga to counteract stress, establish greater balance of body and mind, and stimulate well-being and healing. By engaging in these mindfulness practices and integrating them into your life from moment to moment and from day to day, you can learn to manage chronic pain, promote optimal healing, reduce anxiety and feelings of panic, and improve the overall quality of your life, relationships, and social networks. This second edition features results from recent studies on the science of mindfulness, a new Introduction, up-to-date statistics, and an extensive updated reading list. Full Catastrophe Living is a book for the young and the old, the well and the ill, and anyone trying to live a healthier and saner life in our fast-paced world. Praise for Full Catastrophe Living “To say that this wise, deep book is helpful to those who face the challenges of human crisis would be a vast understatement. It is essential, unique, and, above all, fundamentally healing.”—Donald M. Berwick, M.D., president emeritus and senior fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement “One of the great classics of mind/body medicine.”—Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author of Kitchen Table Wisdom “A book for everyone . . . Jon Kabat-Zinn has done more than any other person on the planet to spread the power of mindfulness to the lives of ordinary people and major societal institutions.”—Richard J. Davidson, founder and chair, Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin–Madison “This is the ultimate owner’s manual for our lives. What a gift!”—Amy Gross, former editor in chief, O: The Oprah Magazine “I first read Full Catastrophe Living in my early twenties and it changed my life.”—Chade-Meng Tan, Jolly Good Fellow of Google and author of Search Inside Yourself “Jon Kabat-Zinn’s classic work on the practice of mindfulness to alleviate stress and human suffering stands the test of time, a most useful resource and practical guide. I recommend this new edition enthusiastically to doctors, patients, and anyone interested in learning to use the power of focused awareness to meet life’s challenges, whether great or small.”—Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Spontaneous Happiness and 8 Weeks to Optimum Health “How wonderful to have a new and updated version of this classic book that invited so many of us down a path that transformed our minds and awakened us to the beauty of each moment, day-by-day, through our lives. This second edition, building on the first, is sure to become a treasured sourcebook and traveling companion for new generations who seek the wisdom to live full and fulfilling lives.”—Diana Chapman Walsh, Ph.D., president emerita of Wellesley College

Author : Peter E. Hodgkinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coping with Catastrophe written by Peter E. Hodgkinson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard A. Posner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195346398
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catastrophe written by Richard A. Posner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catastrophic risks are much greater than is commonly appreciated. Collision with an asteroid, runaway global warming, voraciously replicating nanomachines, a pandemic of gene-spliced smallpox launched by bioterrorists, and a world-ending accident in a high-energy particle accelerator, are among the possible extinction events that are sufficiently likely to warrant careful study. How should we respond to events that, for a variety of psychological and cultural reasons, we find it hard to wrap our minds around? Posner argues that realism about science and scientists, innovative applications of cost-benefit analysis, a scientifically literate legal profession, unprecedented international cooperation, and a pragmatic attitude toward civil liberties are among the keys to coping effectively with the catastrophic risks.

Author : John P. Wilson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461528208
Total Pages : 997 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes written by John P. Wilson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 997 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 100 researchers from 16 countries contribute to the first comprehensive handbook on post-traumatic stress disorder. Eight major sections present information on assessment, measurement, and research protocols for trauma related to war veterans, victims of torture, children, and the aged. Clinicians and researchers will find it an indispensible reference, touching on such disciplines and psychiatry, psychology, social work, counseling, sociology, neurophysiology, and political science.

Author : James T. Greenman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977435203
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Happened to My World? written by James T. Greenman and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: