Management of reactions to disaster.

By:

Shader, Richard I

Contributor(s):

Schwartz, Alice J [jt. auth.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: APR 1965Description: 6 pSubject: Growing experience with emotional reactions to natural disasters has led to the delineation of two common reaction patterns. One cluster of symptoms can be seen soon after the disaster. The second is long term and chronic and may pappear and persist long after the stressful experience. These syndromes and a seven stage empirically derived breakdown of the natural history of disasters are presented with the view that this knowledge will facilitate useful functioning by memebers of the helping professions in such times of crisis.

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Reprinted from Social Work, April 1965

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Growing experience with emotional reactions to natural disasters has led to the delineation of two common reaction patterns. One cluster of symptoms can be seen soon after the disaster. The second is long term and chronic and may pappear and persist long after the stressful experience. These syndromes and a seven stage empirically derived breakdown of the natural history of disasters are presented with the view that this knowledge will facilitate useful functioning by memebers of the helping professions in such times of crisis.

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