Doherty provides information about training for mental health professionals and first responders who work with victims of disaster related stress and trauma. He provides a brief overview of disasters and responders roles, including discussion about war, terrorism, and follow-up responses by mental health professionals.
Doherty provides information about training for mental health professionals and first responders who work with victims of disaster related stress and ...
Much discussion follows disasters and critical incidents about returning to normal, but "normal" is never the same again. "Return to Equilibrium," involving integrating the event, its effects, meanings and recognition it's part of one's life can build a new balance and create a new enriched life. Good or bad, experience changes us. Integrating experience into our life creates a new balance. Re-establishing balance in life integrates the event as part of one's life, constructively developing a new "normality." "Return to Equilibrium" is a goal of recovery. Military personnel (Regular,...
Much discussion follows disasters and critical incidents about returning to normal, but "normal" is never the same again. "Return to Equilibrium," inv...
"Mr. Doherty has produced an invaluable reference volume for everyone involved in disaster response/disaster preparedness field. It represents the ultimate A-to-Z 'How to Do It' manual in this difficult, complicated field.--John G. Jones, Ph.D.
"Mr. Doherty has produced an invaluable reference volume for everyone involved in disaster response/disaster preparedness field. It represents the ult...
Who will step up to meet the challenge of the next rural crisis? Rural practice presents important yet challenging issues for psychology, especially given uneven population distribution, high levels of need, limited availability of rural services, and ongoing migration to urban centers. It is critical that mental health professionals and first responders in rural areas become aware of recent research, training and approaches to crisis intervention, traumatology, compassion fatigue, disaster mental health, critical incident stress management, post-traumatic stress and related areas in...
Who will step up to meet the challenge of the next rural crisis? Rural practice presents important yet challenging issues for psychology, especial...
Who will step up to meet the challenge of the next rural crisis? Rural practice presents important yet challenging issues for psychology, especially given uneven population distribution, high levels of need, limited availability of rural services, and ongoing migration to urban centers. It is critical that mental health professionals and first responders in rural areas become aware of recent research, training and approaches to crisis intervention, traumatology, compassion fatigue, disaster mental health, critical incident stress management, post-traumatic stress and related areas in...
Who will step up to meet the challenge of the next rural crisis? Rural practice presents important yet challenging issues for psychology, especial...
Veterans in rural communities face unique challenges, who will step up to help? Beginning with a brief scenario of a more gentle view of rural life, the book moves through learned information about families, children, and our returning National Guard and Reserve civilian military members. Return experiences will necessarily be different in rural and frontier settings than they are in suburban and urban environments. Our rural and frontier areas, especially in Western states with more isolated communities, less developed communication and limited access to medical, psychological and social...
Veterans in rural communities face unique challenges, who will step up to help? Beginning with a brief scenario of a more gentle view of rural lif...