Ethnocultural Perspectives on Disaster and Trauma: Foundations, Issues, and Applications

Book Overview

The past decade has brought home the terrible human, social, and economic consequences of natural and human-made disasters. This volume grew from efforts at the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (NC-PTSD) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to better understand, assist, and respond to the human experience of natural and man-made disasters. Disasters bring together victims and responders of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387732845
• ISBN13: 9780387732848
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"