An International Perspective on Disasters and Children's Mental Health

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hoven, Christina W. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Amsel, Lawrence V. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tyano, Sam (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.
• Series: Integrating Psychiatry and Primary Care,
• Subjects: Child psychiatry.; Clinical psychology.; Experiential research.; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.; Clinical Psychology.; Psychology Research.

This book provides a broad international perspective on the psychological trauma faced by children and adolescents exposed to major disasters, and on the local public health response to their needs. An outstanding quality of the book is that it draws upon the experience of local researchers, clinici...

Table of Contents:

• The plan of the book is to have 12-15 chapters that would represent an international perspective. Each chapter would involve a major disaster (last 10-15 years) and would be focused on the public mental health response to that disaster for the children and adolescents involved. Examples of particular disasters might include: 9/11
• Hurricane Katerina
• Japanese earthquake and tsunami
• Boko Haram Terrorism in Africa.-Gujurat Earthquake
• Haiti Earthquake
• Paris Terror Attack
• Adjustment to Immigration
• Resilience to Ongoing Terror
• PTSD in Children and Adolescents
• Children after Earthquake.