Individual response to disaster.

Final report

Job's comforters: Jacob Lindy; Long term psychological consequences of man made catastrophes: Bonnie Green; Psychological aspects of defensive chemical warfare: Arieh Y. Shalev; Psychological problems of prisoners of war: R. J. Ursano and J. R. Rundell; Behavioral and psychological responses to toxic exposure: C. S. Fullerton and R. J. Ursano

Battle casualties

Biological operations

Disasters

Human behavior

In order to better understand the stresses of the Chemical and Biological Warfare (CBW) environment, it is useful to make inferences from situations where we have data and can better understand the individual and group psychological reactions. Published literature has explored accidental exposure to organophosphates as well as training exercises in a CBW environment. This data is reviewed to develop recommendations for better understanding the psychological and behavioral responses to CBW. Similarly, the long-term psychological consequences of the Buffalo Creek disaster where an entire town was destroyed through the bursting of a dam can provide us with community and individual response information concerning the effects of disaster trauma on individuals and community functioning. The studies of psychological responses of Vietnam era veterans and prisoners of war provide the unique opportunity to identify combat stress and its effects. Successful coping strategies for the contained environment of the prisoner of war experience are a part of the findings on prisoners of war

Prisoners of war

Psychiatry

Psychological warfare

Reaction (psychology)

Vietnam veterans