Coping With Terrorism

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health,Committee on Responding to the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309167925

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Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism by Institute of Medicine,Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health,Committee on Responding to the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism Pdf

The Oklahoma City bombing, intentional crashing of airliners on September 11, 2001, and anthrax attacks in the fall of 2001 have made Americans acutely aware of the impacts of terrorism. These events and continued threats of terrorism have raised questions about the impact on the psychological health of the nation and how well the public health infrastructure is able to meet the psychological needs that will likely result. Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism highlights some of the critical issues in responding to the psychological needs that result from terrorism and provides possible options for intervention. The committee offers an example for a public health strategy that may serve as a base from which plans to prevent and respond to the psychological consequences of a variety of terrorism events can be formulated. The report includes recommendations for the training and education of service providers, ensuring appropriate guidelines for the protection of service providers, and developing public health surveillance for preevent, event, and postevent factors related to psychological consequences.

Author : Rafael Reuveny,William R. Thompson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438433134

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Coping with Terrorism by Rafael Reuveny,William R. Thompson Pdf

Terrorism is imprinted on Western society's consciousness. Nearly every week a terrorist attack occurs in the world. The academic world, in attempting to understand terrorism, has often been limited to descriptive work rather than analysis, and has produced surprisingly few mainstream collections on the subject. Coping with Terrorism offers a collection of essays that ask: who are terrorists, what are their goals, who supports them, and how can we combat their tactics? The essays are scholarly, rather than journalistic or ideological, in their approach. As such, they scrutinize a much-discussed and prevalent subject and bring it into the mainstream for international relations. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to Knowledge Unlatched—an initiative that provides libraries and institutions with a centralized platform to support OA collections and from leading publishing houses and OA initiatives. Learn more at the Knowledge Unlatched website at: https://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/, and access the book online at the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7125.

Author : Carole Lieberman
Publisher : Spotlight Poets
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1905770022

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Coping with Terrorism by Carole Lieberman Pdf

Drawing on research, which includes interviews with London bomb victims and others, this work explains what is known about our reaction to terror attacks. It also shows how we can survive the unthinkable and tells us why we should understand our enemies, warning us that terrorism is the ultimate copycat crime.

Author : D. Ajdukovic,S. Kimhi,M. Lahad
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781614994909

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Resiliency: Enhancing Coping with Crisis and Terrorism by D. Ajdukovic,S. Kimhi,M. Lahad Pdf

This book contributes to a better understanding of what makes people and communities resilient in the face of disasters, violence and terrorism. This resilience is understood as a resource that facilitates recovery, effective functioning and positive outcomes in the wake of major critical events that threaten the well-being of individuals, families, communities and nations. The chapters in this publication present complementary perspectives on resilience in a variety of socially adverse settings and how to assess resilience beyond the level of an individual. The contributing authors not only consider evidence of resilience in the aftermath of mass trauma, but uniquely explore it from a developmental perspective and expand the focus from individual resilience to the broader ecological levels of community and society. The book contains 11 chapters reflecting different aspects of resilience. Presentation of these different perspectives will be helpful to scholars and students of human behavior affected by life-threatening crises. Together, the chapters present up-to-date research that affirms human strength when confronted by the extreme experiences. The book also covers the broad landscape of current knowledge and research topics on resilience that are related to mass violence and terrorism, which is one of the growing concerns of the world today.

Author : Amy Sterling Casil
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0823944840

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Coping with Terrorism by Amy Sterling Casil Pdf

In this post-9/11 world, terrorism affects everyone and creates a climate of uncertainty. This new title has been specifically written to address those concerns and fears. It explains what terrorism is, how to protect yourself from such an act, steps to stop worrying, and how to deal with the aftermath of a terrorist attack. For young adults in particular, this is relevant and much-needed reading.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:907216674

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Coping with Terrorism by Anonim Pdf

Author : Raymond B. Flannery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1935307223

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Coping with Anxiety in an Age of Terrorism by Raymond B. Flannery Pdf

Terrorism is a tragically informing reality of our times. This reassuring book is directed at 2 audiences: the hypervigilant public that ever anticipates the next random terrorist attack and professionals to whom the public turns for support following such events. An expert in life-stress proclaims that once the immediate danger has passed it is necessary to make our understandable anxiety more tolerable so that we are not overcome by our fears of such terrorist events. This book shows how.

Author : M. Jaremko,Donald Meichenbaum
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781489904089

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Stress Reduction and Prevention by M. Jaremko,Donald Meichenbaum Pdf

Since 1950, when Hans Selye first devoted an entire book to the study of stress,professional and public concern with stress has grown tremendous ly. These concerns have contributed to an understanding that has impli cations for both prevention and treatment. The present book is designed to combine these data with the clinical concerns of dealing with stressed populations. In order to bridge the gap between research and practice, contributions are included by major researchers who have been con cerned with the nature of stress and coping and by clinical researchers who have developed stress management and stress prevention programs. The book is divided into three sections. The goal of the first section is to survey the literature on stress and coping and to consider the implica tions for setting up stress prevention and management programs. Follow ing some introductory observations by the editors are the observations of three prominent investigators in the field of stress and coping. Irving JaniS, Seymour Epstein, and Howard Leventhal have conducted seminal studies on the topic of coping with stress. For this book they have each gone beyond their previous writings in proposing models and guidelines for stress prevention and management programs. While each author has tackled his task somewhat differently, a set of common suggestions has emerged.

Author : Committee on R&D Needs for Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical and Biological Terrorism Incidents,Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780309523141

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Chemical and Biological Terrorism by Committee on R&D Needs for Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical and Biological Terrorism Incidents,Institute of Medicine Pdf

The threat of domestic terrorism today looms larger than ever. Bombings at the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City's Federal Building, as well as nerve gas attacks in Japan, have made it tragically obvious that American civilians must be ready for terrorist attacks. What do we need to know to help emergency and medical personnel prepare for these attacks? Chemical and Biological Terrorism identifies the R&D efforts needed to implement recommendations in key areas: pre-incident intelligence, detection and identification of chemical and biological agents, protective clothing and equipment, early recognition that a population has been covertly exposed to a pathogen, mass casualty decontamination and triage, use of vaccines and pharmaceuticals, and the psychological effects of terror. Specific objectives for computer software development are also identified. The book addresses the differences between a biological and chemical attack, the distinct challenges to the military and civilian medical communities, and other broader issues. This book will be of critical interest to anyone involved in civilian preparedness for terrorist attack: planners, administrators, responders, medical professionals, public health and emergency personnel, and technology designers and engineers.

Author : Chris E. Stout
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780275982072

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Psychology of Terrorism by Chris E. Stout Pdf

Selected chapters from the acclaimed 4-volume set, The Psychology of Terrorism.

Author : Carole Lieberman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10
Category : Terrorism
ISBN : 0954197399

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Coping with Terrorism by Carole Lieberman Pdf

Best-selling author, Carole Lieberman, has helped millions of readers and patients cope with their deepest fears. Now, devoted to calming fears of the ultimate monster in the closet... she turns on the light to expose and demystify terrorism. How do you live calmly under the current specter of terrorism? This book goes beyond the practical - to the psychological and spiritual - answering questions you haven't dared ask out loud. Dr. Lieberman's cutting edge research explains why you must depend upon yourself to survive a terrorist attack and teaches you how. Since the dreadful events of 9/11 in the USA, 7/7 in London, Madrid, Turkey, and other places, we have come to understand that terrorism recognises no boundaries and respects no one. London, on 7/7, experienced the latest in a string of atrocities against our country. We also know that however diligent our policing and security services are, there are people that may breach our defences and who will try to hurt us again. How can we cope with this? What happens to us if we are caught up in one of these wicked acts? How can we begin to look after ourselves after such an attack? What is the terrorist stress test? we cope with our job and money matters? Are there psychological survival skills to be learned? How do we help our children, our teenagers, to survive? How do we plan for an uncertain future and how do we cope with the deaths of loved ones and strangers? Drawing on a wealth of research, psychologist, Dr Carole Lieberman explains what is known... she also shows how we can survive the unthinkable, tells us why we should understand our enemies, and warns us that terrorism is the ultimate copycat crime.

Author : Annette Marie La Greca
Publisher : Amer Psychological Assn
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1557989141

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Helping Children Cope with Disasters and Terrorism by Annette Marie La Greca Pdf

This text offers psychotherapists and others involved in emergency response contemporary information on the immediate and lasting effects of trauma on children and adolescents. This volume demonstrates children and adolescents do have significant reactions that can interfere with their current and future psychological adjustment. Who is most at risk, and what can be done? This text reviews the research and intervention literature on a broad range of natural and man-made disasters, from floods and house-fires to acts of terrorism and war. Chapter authors document children's reactions, identifying factors that may predict or, alternatively, buffer against severe trauma responses. Descriptions of preparatory and post-disaster coping materials and interventions developed for use with children are included. In addition to setting the research agenda and paving the way for theory and model building in this evolving field, this volume has a strong practical emphasis, offering strategies for when and how to intervene, based on clinical observations and empirical evidence.

Author : W. Benedek,C. Daase,V. Dimitrijevic,P. van Duyne,Vojin Dimitrijevi?,Petrus van Duyne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230281479

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Transnational Terrorism, Organized Crime and Peace-Building by W. Benedek,C. Daase,V. Dimitrijevic,P. van Duyne,Vojin Dimitrijevi?,Petrus van Duyne Pdf

This volume investigates the role of the transnational terrorist and criminal organizations in the peace-building processes, with a particular focus on the Western Balkan region. Conducted within the framework of human security analysis, the research focuses on the security of the human being.

Author : Uriel Rosenthal,Michael T. Charles,Paul 't Hart
Publisher : Charles C. Thomas Publisher
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015017992432

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Coping with Crises by Uriel Rosenthal,Michael T. Charles,Paul 't Hart Pdf

Author : Yuval Neria,Raz Gross,Randall D. Marshall,Ezra S. Susser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781139457729

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9/11: Mental Health in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks by Yuval Neria,Raz Gross,Randall D. Marshall,Ezra S. Susser Pdf

Does terrorism have a unique and significant emotional and behavioral impact among adults and children? In what way does the impact of terrorism exceed the individual level and affect communities and specific professional groups, and test different leadership styles? How were professional communities of mental health clinicians, policy-makers and researchers mobilized to respond to the emerging needs post disaster? What are the lessons learned from the work conducted after 9/11, and the implications for future disaster mental health work and preparedness efforts? Yuval Neria and his team are uniquely placed to answer these questions having been involved in modifying ongoing trials and setting up new ones in New York to address these issues straight after the attacks. No psychiatrist, mental health professional or policy-maker should be without this book.