Aberfan and the management of trauma

Disasters

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Johnes, Martin ^a,b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aberfan; Post traumatic stress disorder; Wales

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 0034162716     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7717.00128     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Aberfan Disaster Fund (1968) Management Committee minutes - Detailed notes of discussion with Dr Cuthill at the meeting held on 6 December. Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff, D/D X 295/12/1/3.
2. Austin, T. (1966) The Test of Time. Western Mail, 27 October.
3. Ballard, P.H. and E. Jones (eds.) (1974) The Valleys Call: A Self-Examination by People of the South Wales Valleys during the 'Year of the Valleys', 1974. Ferndale.
4. Brittain, V. (1971) New Grass in the Valley but Scars on the Mind Remain. The Times, 12 October.
5. Council of Social Service for Wales and Monmouthshire (1967) Citizen's Advice Bureaux - Department Participation in Aberfan Information Centre, Report of January MH 96/ 2179. Public Record Office, Kew.
6. Cuthill, J.M. (no date) The Aberfan Disaster: A Study of the Survivors. Unpublished paper.
7. _ (1999) Interview with author, 20 April.
8. Davey, A. (1986) Interview, South Wales Coalfield Collection (AUD 524). University of Wales, Swansea.
9. Davis, H. and P. Scraton (1996) Failing the Bereaved: Inter-agency Relationships in the Immediate Aftermath of Disaster. In Picking Up the Pieces: Report of a Multi-agency Workshop to develop Post-Major Incident Psycho-Social Support Plans. Bedfordshire County Council, Bedford.
10. _ (1997) Beyond Disaster: Identifying and Resolving Inter-agency Conflict in the Immediate Aftermath of Disasters. Research Report for the Home Office Emergency Planning Division.
11. Davison. G.C. and J.M. Neale (1997) Abnormal Psychology (7th edn.). John Wiley, New York.
12. De Courcy, A. (1996) A Generation Was Wiped Out that Day. Daily Mail Weekend, 5 October: 10-13.
13. Disasters Working Party (1991) Disasters: Planning for a Caring Response, Part One: The Main Report. HMSO, London.
14. Doel, M. and M. Dunkerton (1991) Is it Still Raining in Aberfan? Longaston Press, Little Longaston.
15. English, H.L. (1966) Letter to British Medical Journal. 19 November: 1266.
16. Erikson, K.T. (1979) In the Wake of the Flood. George Allen & Unwin, London.
17. Fritz, C.E. (1968) Disasters. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Macmillan and Free Press, New York.
18. Gleser, G.C., B.L. Green and C. Winget (1981) Prolonged Psychosocial Effects of Disaster: A Study of Buffalo Creek. Academic Press, New York.
19. Green, B.L., M.C. Grace, J.D. Lindy, G.C. Gleser, A.C. Leonard and T.L. Kramer (1990) Buffalo Creek Survivors in the Second Decade: Comparison with Unexposed and Nonlitigant Groups. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 20(13): 1033-50.
20. Hattenstone, S. and T. O'Sullivan (1999) Those Who Were Left Behind. The Guardian Weekend, 8 May: 23-30.
21. Hayes, Rev. K. (1986) Interview, South Wales Coalfield Collection (AUD 528). University of Wales, Swansea.
22. Hodgkinson, P.E. and M. Stewart (1991) Coping with Catastrophe: A Handbook of Disaster Management. Routledge, London.
23. Jones, E. (1975) Working in Aberfan and the Valleys. Social and Economic Administration 9(1): 3-40.
24. Kendell, R.E. and A.K. Zealley (eds.) (1993) Companion to Psychiatric Studies (5th edn.). Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
25. Lacey, G.N. (1972) Observations on Aberfan. Journal of Psychosomatic Research (16): 257-60.
26. Lewis, S. (1986) Interview, South Wales Coalfield Collection (AUD 520). University of Wales, Swansea.
27. Littlewood, J. (1992) Aspects of Grief: Bereavement in Adulthood. Routledge, London.
28. Llandaff, Bishop of (1968) Note 're Miss Audrey Davey' sent to Sir Cennydd Traherne, 13 March 1968. Diocese of Llandaff papers, Box 6, National Library of Wales.
29. Maclay, D.T. (1966) Letter to British Medical Journal. 29 October: 1075.
30. McLean, I. (1997) On Moles and the Habits of Birds: The Unpolitics of Aberfan. Twentieth Century British History 8: 285-309.
31. _ and M. Johnes (1999) Regulating Gifts of Generosity: The Aberfan Disaster Fund and the Charity Commission. Legal Studies 19(3): 380-96.
32. _ (forthcoming) Aberfan: Government and Disasters. Cardiff, Welsh Academic Press.
33. Madgwick, G. (1996) Aberfan, Struggling out of the Darkness: A Survivor's Story. Blaengarw, Valley and the Vale.
34. Marshall P.L. (1967) Welsh Office letter to B.H. Evans, 1 September. Public Record Office, Kew, BD 11/3809.
35. Mayou, R. (1999) Personal correspondence with author.
36. Miller, J. (1974) Aberfan: A Disaster and its Aftermath. Constable, London.
37. Mitchell, M. (1993) The Role of the General Practitioner in the Aftermath of the Lockerbie Disaster. In T. Newburn (ed.) Working with Disaster: Social Welfare Interventions during and after Tragedy. Longman, London.
38. Moseley, C. (1966) Cyril Moseley Papers, File 2, National Library of Wales, 22 November.
39. Newburn, T. (1993) Making a Difference? Social Work after Hillsborough. National Institute for Social Work, London.
40. _ (ed.) (1993b) Working with Disaster: Social Welfare Interventions during and after Tragedy. Longman, London.
41. Nunn, C. (1987) The Disaster of Aberfan. Police Review. 16 October.
42. Parkes, C.M. (1991) Planning for the Aftermath. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (84), January.
43. _ (1999) Interview with author, 28 April.
44. Raphael, B. (1990) When Disaster Strikes: A Handbook for the Caring Professions. Unwin Hymen, London.
45. Richards, E. (1986) Interview, South Wales Coalfield Collection (AUD 519). University of Wales, Swansea.
46. Rock, P. (1998) After Homicide: Practical and Political Responses to Bereavement. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
47. Rosenhan, D.L. and M.E.P. Seligman (1995) Abnormal Psychology (3rd edn.). Norton, New York.
48. Shader, R.I. and A.J. Schwartz (1966) Management of Reactions to Disaster. Social Work 11(2): 98-104.
49. Shearer, A. (1991) Survivors and the Media. Broadcasting Standards Council, London.
50. Watkins, H. (1999) Interview with author, 8 April.
51. Welsh Board of Health records (WBH) (1966-71) Disaster at Aberfan. Public Record Office, Kew, MH 96/2179.
52. Wilkinson, C.B. and E. Vera (1989) Clinical Responses to Disaster: Assessment, Management and Treatment. In R. Gist and B. Lubin (eds.) Psychosocial Aspects of Disaster. Wiley, New York.
53. Wolfenstein, M. (1957) Disaster: A Psychological Essay. The Free Press, Glencoe.
54. Yehuda, R. and A. McFarlane, (1995) Conflict between Current Knowledge about Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and its Original Conceptual Basis. American Journal of Psychiatry 152(12): 1705-13.
55. Yule, W. (1990) The Effect of Disasters on Children. Bereavement Care 9(2):