General disaster psychiatry

Amir Garakani; Jack Hirschowitz; Craig L Katz

doi:10.1016/j.psc.2004.03.002

General disaster psychiatry

Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2004 Sep;27(3):391-406. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2004.03.002.

Authors

Amir Garakani¹, Jack Hirschowitz, Craig L Katz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.

PMID: 15325484
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2004.03.002

Abstract

This article attempts to make further sense of disasters and specifically terrorism as one particular form of disaster from the perspective of psychology and mental health.

MeSH terms

Chemical Warfare
Disasters*
Humans
Nuclear Warfare
Psychiatry / methods*
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology
Terrorism