Intervention and Resilience after Mass Trauma with CD-ROM

Michael Blumenfield is the Sidney E. Frank Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Surgery at the New York Medical College. He is also Director of Consultation Psychiatry at Westchester Medical Center, New York. Robert J. Ursano is Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. He is also the founding Director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS).

Dedication; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1. Systems, science and populations, effective early mental health, intervention following mass trauma: the roles of government, clinicians and communities Beverley Raphael; 2. Factors in the development of community resilience to disasters Rose L. Pfefferbaum, Dori B. Reissman, Betty Pfefferbaum, Karen Fraser Wyche, Fran H. Norris and Richard W. Klomp; 3. Psychological first aid Patricia J. Watson; 4. Acute stress disorder and early interventions after trauma Richard A. Bryant; 5. The role of pharmacotherapy in early interventions Matthew J. Friedman; 6. Should culture considerations influence early intervention? Carl C. Bell; 7. Resilience is the default: how not to miss it? Arieh Y. Shalev and Yael Errera; 8. Epilogue - early intervention for individuals and communities: planning for the future while meeting present needs Robert J. Ursano and Michael Blumenfield.