This title provides a comprehensive overview of clinical, epidemiological, psychobiological, psychosocial and service organization aspects of disaster psychiatry. It takes a practical approach and includes a series of reports on significant experiences made in this field in various regions of the world. An Unbiased and reliable reference point, endorsed by the WPA Includes contributions from internationally acclaimed experts

This title provides a comprehensive overview of clinical, epidemiological, psychobiological, psychosocial and service organization aspects of disaster psychiatry.It takes a practical approach and includes a series of reports on significant experiences made in this field in various regions of the world.* An Unbiased and reliable reference point, endorsed by the WPA* Includes contributions from internationally acclaimed experts

List of contributors.Preface (Lopez-Ibor et al).1. What is a Disaster? (Lopez-Ibor).2. Psychological and Psychopathological Consequences ofDisasters (Fullerton and Ursano).3. Psychiatric Morbidity following Disasters: Epidemiology, Riskand Protective Factors (McFarlane).4. Reevaluating the Link between Disasters and Psychopathology(Yehuda and Bierer).5. Psychological Interventions for People Exposed to Disasters(Benyakar and Collazo).6. Organization of Mental Health Services for Disaster Victims(Crocq et al).Mental Health Consequences of Disasters: Research Reports.7. The Experience of the Kobe Earthquake (Shinfuku).8. The Experience of the Marmara Earthquake (Gokalp).9. The Experience of the Athens Earthquake (Christodoulou etal)10. The Experience of the Nairobi US Embassy Bombing (Njeng andNyamai).11. The Experience of the New York September 11 TerroristicAttack (DeLisi et al).12. The Experience of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster (Havenaarand Bromet).13. The Experience of the Bhopal Disaster (Murthy).14. The Latin American and Caribbean Experience (Caldas deAmeida and Rodriguez).15. The Israeli Experience (Shalev).16. The Palestinian Experience (El Sarraj and Qouta).17. The Experience of Bosnia-Herzegovina: PsychosocialConsequences of War Atrocities on Children (Husain).18. The Serbian Experience (Lecic-Tosevski andDraganic-Gajic).19. The Croatian Experience (Folnegovic Smalc).