Psychiatry of Pandemics A Mental Health Response to Infection Outbreak /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Huremović, Damir (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Psychiatry.; Infectious diseases.; Public health.; Emergency medicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.

This book focuses on how to formulate a mental health response to a massive infectious disease outbreak, including a pandemic outbreak. The book combines an emergency mental health response utilized by disaster psychiatry with clinical aspects and expertise on infectious diseases mental health devel...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Context
• History of Plagues and Their Impact on Human Civilizations
• Pandemics and Modern Medicine
• Pandemics and Psychiatry
• Spanish flu of 1918
• Smallpox Outbreak of 1972
• HIV Epidemic
• SARS (2003)
• Ebola Outbreak 2015
• MERS
• Zika Virus Outbreak
• Contagion as a Psychological Concept
• Emotional Epidemiology
• Cultural Aspects of a Pandemic
• Managing Public Perceptions and the Use of Social Media
• Effect on Mental health Patients
• Burden on Healthcare Personnel
• Psychological Challenges for Institutions and Communities
• History of Quarantine
• Mental Health Challenges Associated with Quarantine and Isolation
• Care for Individuals in Quarantine and Patients in Isolation
• Mental Health Aspects of Immunization and Vaccination
• Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy
• Mental health Care for Survivors
• Mental Health Care for Family Members of the Patients
• Mental Health Care and Psychological Support for Healthcare Personnel.