Psychological Interventions for People Exposed to Disasters

Disasters and Mental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 81-97

  Benyakar, Mordechai Moty ^a   Collazo, Carlos R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

"disruptive"; Cognitive behavioral interventions; Concept of "intervention by presence"; Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR); Mental health care; Mental immunity concept; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Psychological debriefing; The 10 Ws

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547486698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/047002125X.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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