Disaster Mental Health Interventions: Core Principles and Practices - Hardcover

Halpern, James; Vermeulen, Karla

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1041138318 ISBN 13: 9781041138310

Verlag: Routledge, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Disaster Mental Health Interventions: Core Principles and Practices, Second Edition is a comprehensive overview of disasters’ physical and psychological impact, and of current best practices for addressing survivors’ reactions. This revised edition includes updated research and expanded lessons to help advance disaster mental health interventions in response to acute events like hurricanes and mass shootings, as well as chronic threats like climate change and pandemics. Case studies and anecdotes from experienced professionals add an additional level of depth and interest for readers.

Written in an approachable style, the text combines theory and practice in a practical and engaging field guide for disaster responders. Topics covered include how disaster characteristics tend to influence reactions; how to differentiate expectable post-disaster stress responses from extreme reactions like PTSD; what makes certain populations more susceptible to more negative outcomes and how to help these high-needs groups; and how to support all survivors through Psychological First Aid and other early interventions. Cultural impacts are addressed throughout the book. Occupational hazards for disaster mental responders and the need for self-care are also addressed.

Disaster response professionals and students across the fields of mental health counseling, social work, school counseling, psychology, health care, spiritual care, and emergency management will appreciate the accessible tone, level of detail, and emphasis on practice

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James Halpern, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Counseling and Founding Director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at The State University of New York at New Paltz. He has given numerous scholarly and training presentations on trauma and disaster mental health throughout the US and abroad. He has consulted for the United Nations on Assisting Victims of Terror. He received the Lifetime Mission Leader award from the American Red Cross.

Karla Vermeulen, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she formerly served as the Deputy Director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health. She has developed multiple training curricula for organizations including the American Red Cross, USAID, the United Nations, and New York State agencies including the Office of Mental Health, Department of Health, and Division of Emergency Services, and she has trained professionals including healthcare providers, funeral directors, judges, and librarians, as well as mental health professionals.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1041138318
• ISBN 13: 9781041138310
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 262
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Routledge; https://www.routledge-ny.com/; ; Stockst?dter Str. 20; Gro?ostheim; Bayern; Deutschland