Ethnocultural Perspectives on Disaster and Trauma

In this pioneering volume, experts in individual and collective trauma experience, post-traumatic stress and related syndromes, and emergency and crisis intervention share their knowledge and insights into working with ethnic and racial minority communities during disasters. In each chapter, emotional, psychological, and social needs as well as communal strengths and coping skills that arise in disasters are documented.

ISBN 1441925163   Pages 434 ISBN13 9781441925169 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 605 Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.   Published in New York, NY Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.   Series title International and Cultural Psychology Format Paperback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 19 Nov 2010   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress 2007933090   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY 155.935   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

Essential Concepts and Foundations.- Promoting Disaster Recovery in Ethnic Minority Individuals and Communities.- Meeting the Physical, Psychological, and Social Needs of African Americans Following a Disaster.- Essential Information for Disaster Management and Trauma Specialists Working with American Indians.- Arab Americans: Understanding Their Challenges, Needs, and Struggles.- Asian Indians: Cultural Considerations for Disaster Workers.- Carribean Blacks: (Haitians, Jamaicans, Virgin Islanders, Eastern Carribean) Responses to Disasters in Cultural Context.- Chinese Americans: Guidelines for Disaster Mental Health Workers.- The Kanaka Maoli: Native Hawaiians and Their Testimony of Trauma and Resilience.- Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Carribean, and Other Latin Americans.- Working with Vietnamese Americans in Disasters.- Culture, Trauma, and the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Syndromes: A Global Perspective.- A Brief List of Disaster-Related Vocabulary Terms.- Summary and Overview of Disasters in Developing Countries.- Disaster Rescue and Response Workers.

From the reviews: "In Ethnocultural Perspectives on Disaster and Trauma: Foundations, Issues, and Applications, editors Marsella, Johnson, Watson, and Gryczynski have collected 12 chapters that collectively try to answer this question across a broad array of cultures. ... Ethnocultural Perspectives on Disaster and Trauma is a worthwhile read for anyone working in this field." (Donald Dutton, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 53 (49), December, 2008)

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