Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health: The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks

doi:10.1017/9781009019330

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that all emergencies, major incidents and disease outbreaks can have substantial mental health consequences, and it has demonstrated the proven need for additional care for populations in the wake of disasters. This book brings together practice and recent developments in pre-hospital emergency care, emergency medicine and major trauma care with the wellbeing, psychosocial and mental health aspects of preparing for and responding to emergencies, incidents, terrorism, disasters, epidemics, and pandemics. Practical suggestions are included for future planning to provide better care for people caught up in emergencies. Setting it apart from other books on emergency preparedness is its specific focus on the psychosocial demands imposed on staff of healthcare and responding services. Featuring expert contributions from a wide variety of disciplines, this book appeals to people working within mental healthcare, emergency care, pre-hospital medicine, Blue Light services, public health, humanitarian care, emergency planning, and disaster management.

‘[T]his book should be considered core reading for anyone involved in the planning or delivery of major incidents, as well as clinicians and other healthcare professionals who are likely to be involved in caring for patients affected by such events.’

Thomas Falconer Hall Source: Medicine, Conflict and Survival

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Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
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The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks
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Dedication
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Contents
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Contributors
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Foreword by Dr Adrian James
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Foreword by Professor David Lockey
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Section 1 - The Nature and Impacts of Twenty-First-Century Healthcare Emergencies
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Chapter 1 - Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, Disease Outbreaks, and Mental Health
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The Scope of This Book
- By Richard Williams
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Chapter 2 - How the World Views Trauma and Trauma Care
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- By Julian Redhead
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Chapter 3 - How the World Views the Mental Health Implications of Traumatic Events, Major Incidents, and Serious Contagious Diseases
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- By John Alderdice
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Chapter 4 - Two Personal Perspectives on Trauma and Recovery
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- By Toni Wallace, Tom Renninson
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Chapter 5 - How Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks Affect People and Healthcare Practitioners
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- By John Stancombe, Suzy Stokes, Andrew Wood, Richard Williams
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Chapter 6 - The Impact of Emergencies, Terrorism, and Disease on Children and Their Families
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- By Prathiba Chitsabesan, Brian Jacobs, Raphael Kelvin
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Chapter 7 - The Impacts of Urbanising the World’s Population on Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks
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- By Tim Healing
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Chapter 8 - Myths About Disasters
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- By David E Alexander
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Chapter 9 - Primary and Secondary Stressors
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The Ways in Which Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, Disease Outbreaks, and Conflicts Are Stressful
- By Richard Williams, Evangelos Ntontis, John Drury, Khalifah Alfadhli, Richard Amlôt
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Chapter 10 - The Differing Challenges Posed by Big Bang, Rising Tide, and Longer-Term Incidents Affecting Local and Dispersed Populations
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- By Chris R Brewin, Kate Allsopp, Talya Greene, Richard Williams
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Chapter 11 - Mental Health in the Context of Multiple Exposures to Disasters
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- By Claire Leppold, Lennart Reifels
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Chapter 12 - The Common Ground in the Mental Health Impacts of Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, Disease Outbreaks, and Conflict, and a Framework for Responding to People’s Needs
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- By Richard Williams, John Stancombe, James Ryan
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Section 2 - Clinical Aspects of Traumatic Injuries, Epidemics, and Pandemics
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Chapter 13 - Advances in Pre-Hospital Care
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- By Emir Battaloglu, Keith Porter
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Chapter 14 - The Changing Face of Clinical Medicine in Major Trauma
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Lessons from Civilian Practice and Military Deployments
- By Justine Lee, Keith Porter
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Chapter 15 - The Changing Face of Traumatic Injury
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Increasing Experiences of Penetrating Gun and Knife Injuries and Their Treatment
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Chapter 16 - Lessons from History and the Epidemiology of Severe Epidemics and Pandemics
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Plague, Cholera, Influenza, Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers, and Coronaviruses
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Chapter 17 - The Health Aspects of Epidemics and Pandemics
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- By Andrew D Green, Sharon Irvine
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