Disasters and mental health : therapeutic principles drawn from disaster studies.
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TextSeries: Historical and comparative disaster series ; 10Publication details: [Newark, Del.] : University of Delaware, 1996Description: v, 85 pSubject: Focuses on the beneficent results of disaster and on the manner in which disaster-struck communities and societies exert therapeutic recuperative effects on their members. It is written in the belief that this focus is presently needed as an antidote to the overworked metaphors of pathology. A consistent focus on the therapeutic features of disasters and disaster adaptations may lead not only to a better understanding of this form of crisis but may also contribute to our knowledge of the essential conditions for mental health and effective social therapy in everyday life
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | F155.935 DIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 900006413 |
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Focuses on the beneficent results of disaster and on the manner in which disaster-struck communities and societies exert therapeutic recuperative effects on their members. It is written in the belief that this focus is presently needed as an antidote to the overworked metaphors of pathology. A consistent focus on the therapeutic features of disasters and disaster adaptations may lead not only to a better understanding of this form of crisis but may also contribute to our knowledge of the essential conditions for mental health and effective social therapy in everyday life
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