TY - BOOK ID - 8284013 TI - Lifespan Perspectives on Natural Disasters : Coping with Katrina, Rita, and Other Storms PY - 2009 SN - 1489983651 1441903925 9786612292231 1282292234 1441903933 PB - New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Assistance in emergencies --Psychological aspects. KW - Disasters --Psychological aspects. KW - Disasters KW - Assistance in emergencies KW - Stress Disorders, Traumatic KW - Psychology KW - Survivors KW - Adaptation, Psychological KW - Louisiana KW - Crisis Intervention KW - Age Factors KW - Patients KW - Epidemiologic Factors KW - Southeastern United States KW - Persons KW - Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms KW - Environment KW - Behavioral Sciences KW - Anxiety Disorders KW - Psychotherapy KW - Quality of Health Care KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Named Groups KW - Public Health KW - Behavioral Disciplines and Activities KW - United States KW - Mental Disorders KW - Psychiatry and Psychology KW - Health Care KW - North America KW - Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Americas KW - Geographic Locations KW - Geographicals KW - Clinical Psychology KW - Social Sciences KW - Psychiatry KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Psychological aspects KW - Hurricane Katrina, 2005. KW - Hurricane Rita, 2005. KW - Natural disasters KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Social aspects. KW - Natural calamities KW - Rita, Hurricane, 2005 KW - Katrina, Hurricane, 2005 KW - Psychology. KW - Psychotherapy. KW - Social work. KW - Clinical psychology. KW - Clinical Psychology. KW - Social Work. KW - Hurricanes KW - Psychology, clinical. KW - Psychagogy KW - Therapy (Psychotherapy) KW - Mental illness KW - Clinical sociology KW - Mental health counseling KW - Benevolent institutions KW - Philanthropy KW - Relief stations (for the poor) KW - Social service agencies KW - Social welfare KW - Social work KW - Human services KW - Treatment KW - Psychotherapy . KW - Psychology, Applied KW - Psychological tests UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8284013 AB - Some of our most disturbing images of Hurricane Katrina involve the very old, trapped in flooded nursing homes, and the very young, sick in toxic trailers. Using the Katrina-Rita nexus as its reference point, Lifespan Perspectives on Natural Disasters takes the developmental long view on human strengths and vulnerabilities during large-scale devastation and crisis. An expert panel of behavioral scientists and first responders analyzes the psychological impact of natural disasters on—and coping faculties associated with—children, adolescents, and young, middle-aged, older, young-old and late-life oldest-old adults. This timely information is invaluable both to mental health service providers and to those tasked with developing age-appropriate disaster preparedness, intervention, and recovery programs. In addition, the book references other deadly storms as well as other major catastrophic events (e.g., the September 11 attacks, the Indian Ocean Tsunami), and includes such topics as: Young children’s understanding of hurricanes. Positive adjustment in youth after Katrina. How families make meaning out of disaster. Disaster recovery in the workplace. Recovery services for the frail elderly. Coping and health in late life. Preparation and training mental health personnel for disasters. Unique in the disaster literature, Lifespan Perspectives on Natural Disasters serves as a research reference and idea book for professionals and graduate-level students in psychology, social work, and disaster preparedness and services. ER -