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Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health

Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health

Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health

The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks
Richard Williams, University of South Wales
Verity Kemp, Independent Health Emergency Planning Consultant
Keith Porter, University of Birmingham
Tim Healing, Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
John Drury, University of Sussex
February 2024
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9781009011211
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    The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that all emergencies, major incidents and disease outbreaks can have substantial mental health consequences, and it has demonstrated the proven need for additional care for populations in the wake of disasters. This book brings together practice and recent developments in pre-hospital emergency care, emergency medicine and major trauma care with the wellbeing, psychosocial and mental health aspects of preparing for and responding to emergencies, incidents, terrorism, disasters, epidemics, and pandemics. Practical suggestions are included for future planning to provide better care for people caught up in emergencies. Setting it apart from other books on emergency preparedness is its specific focus on the psychosocial demands imposed on staff of healthcare and responding services. Featuring expert contributions from a wide variety of disciplines, this book appeals to people working within mental healthcare, emergency care, pre-hospital medicine, Blue Light services, public health, humanitarian care, emergency planning, and disaster management.

    • Relies on evidence-based research, theory and lessons from practice in order to provide knowledge and expertise for readers
    • Provides practical and grounded suggestions for future planning and care in order to support a positive impact on people who are affected, staff of responding services, and their families
    • Will support students who are studying for the Diploma in Medicine in Conflict and Catastrophes (DMCC)

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    February 2024
    Paperback
    9781009011211
    482 pages
    245 × 190 × 25 mm
    0.934kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Section 1. The Nature and Impacts of 21st Century Healthcare Emergencies:
    • 1. Emergencies, incidents, disasters, disease outbreaks and mental health: the scope of this book Professor Richard Williams
    • 2. How the world views trauma and trauma care Professor Julian Redhead
    • 3. How the world views the mental health implications of traumatic events, major incidents and serious contagious diseases Professor John Lord Alderdice
    • 4. Two personal perspectives on trauma and recovery Toni Wallace and Tom Renninson
    • 5. How emergencies, incidents, disasters and disease outbreaks affect people and healthcare practitioners Dr John Stancombe, Dr Suzy Stokes, Dr Andy Wood and Professor Richard Williams
    • 6. The impact of emergencies, terrorism and disease on children and their families Professor Prathiba Chitsabesan, Dr Brian Jacobs and Dr Raphael Kelvin
    • 7. The impacts of urbanising the world's population on emergencies, incidents, disasters and disease outbreaks Dr Tim Healing
    • 8. Myths about disasters Professor David E. Alexander
    • 9. Primary and secondary stressors: the ways in which traumatic events are stressful Professor Richard Williams, Dr Evangelos Ntontis, Professor John Drury, Dr Khalifah Alfadhli and Professor Richard Amlôt
    • 10. The differing challenges posed by big bang, rising tide and longer-term incidents affecting local and dispersed populations Professor Chris Brewin, Dr Kate Allsopp, Dr Talya Greene and Professor Richard Williams
    • 11. Mental health impacts of multiple disaster exposures Professor Claire Leppold and Dr Lennart Reifels
    • 12. The common ground in the mental health impacts of emergencies, incidents, disasters, disease outbreaks and conflict and a framework for responding to people's needs Professor Richard Williams, Dr John Stancombe and Professor James Ryan
    • Section 2. Clinical Aspects of Traumatic Injuries, Epidemics and Pandemics:
    • 13. Advances in pre-hospital care Professor Sir Keith Porter and Mr Emir Battaloglu
    • 14. The changing face of clinical medicine in major trauma: lessons from civilian practice and military deployments Miss J. J. Lee and Professor Sir Keith Porter
    • 15. The changing face of traumatic injury: increasing experiences of penetrating gun and knife injuries and their treatment Mr Tom Konig
    • 16. Lessons from history and the epidemiology of severe epidemics and pandemics: plague, cholera, influenza, viral haemorrhagic fevers, and coronaviruses Dr Tim Healing
    • 17. The health aspects of epidemics and pandemics Group Captain Andy Green and Dr Sharon Irvine
    • 18. Challenges in managing epidemics and pandemics illustrated by Ebola and covid-19: a case study perspective Dr Claire Bayntun
    • Section 3. The Role of the Public in Emergencies: Survivors, Bystanders and 'Volunteers':
    • 19. The role of the public understanding of group processes in emergencies, incidents, disasters and disease outbreaks Professor John Drury
    • 20. Social identity and traumatic stress in the context of an earthquake and a pandemic: understanding the roles of shared and isolating social experiences Professor Orla Muldoon
    • 21. Mobilisation and deterioration of social support following disasters resulting from natural and human-induced hazards Professor Krzysztof Kaniasty and Beata UrbaÅ„ska
    • 22. Collective responses to terrorist attacks Dr Chris Cocking and Dr Anne Templeton
    • 23. Collective psychosocial resilience as a group process following flooding: how it arises and how groups can sustain it Dr Evangelos Ntontis and Dr Meng Zhang
    • 24. Facilitating the public response to covid-19: mutual aid and group processes Professor John Drury, Dr Evangelos Ntontis, Dr Maria Fernandes-Jesus and Guanlan Mao
    • 25. The social psychology of mass casualty decontamination in CBRN incidents Dr Holly Carter, Dr Charles Symons, Dr Dale Weston and Professor Richard Amlôt
    • 26. Factors that determine wider solidarity responses after a major incide
      Contributors
    • Richard Williams, Verity Kemp, Sir Keith Porter, Tim Healing, John Drury, Richard Williams, Julian Redhead, John Lord Alderdice, Toni Wallace, Tom Renninson, John Stancombe, Suzy Stokes, Andy Wood, Prathiba Chitsabesan, Brian Jacobs, Raphael Kelvin, Tim Healing, David E Alexander, Evangelos Ntontis, John Drury, Khalifah Alfadhli, Richard Amlôt, Chris Brewin, Kate Allsopp, Talya Greene, Claire Leppold, Lennart Reifels, James Ryan, Sir Keith Porter, Emir Battaloglu, J. J. Lee, Tom Konig, Andy Green, Sharon Irvine, Claire Bayntun, Orla Muldoon, Krzysztof Kaniasty, Beata UrbaÅ„ska, Chris Cocking, Anne Templeton, Meng Zhang, Maria Fernandes-Jesus, Guanlan Mao, Holly Carter, Charles Symons, Dale Weston, Hanna Zagefka, Trevor James, Selin Tekin, Verity Kemp, Jon Bisson, Betty Pfefferbaum, Matt Easterbrook, Kathryn Lester, Alison Lacey, Lewis Doyle, Vladislav Grozev, Samantha K. Brooks, Rebecca K. Webster, Louise E. Smith, Lisa Woodland, Neil Greenberg, Sarah Moslehi, Dominic Aubrey-Jones, Golnar Aref, Janet Obeney-Williams, Ciaran Mulholland, Michael Duffy, Philippe Pirard, Yvon Motref, Alan Barrett, Paul French, Jen Burgess, Esther Murray, Rowena Hill, Jill Maben, Anna Conolly, Penelope Campling, Clare Rayner, Nicholas Ambler, Sarah Robbins, Christine Howard, Gary Strong, Mark Thomas, Sonya Wallbank, Derek Tracy, Morwenna Maddock, David Alexander, Stefan Schilling, Sir Jonathan Montgomery, Liam Wright, Elise Paul, Daisy Fancourt, Stevan Hobfoll, Neil Dufty