Lessons Learned in Disaster Mental Health: The Earthquake in Armenia and Beyond

This fascinating book provides a comprehensive overview of the extensive post-disaster mental health recovery program implemented after the 1988 Armenian earthquake. Covering the program's evolution, from the initial acute phase of clinical fieldwork, to its expansion as a three-year teaching and training program for local therapists, to the building of mental health clinics in devastated cities. Featuring poignant memoirs detailing the daily challenges and rewards of working in the trenches, the book presents a conceptual framework that can guide post-disaster clinical and research efforts, lessons learned from this work and other disasters, and highlights recent advances in disaster psychiatry. This school-based intervention program has informed subsequent disaster response efforts in many countries and has provided clinically relevant cutting-edge research findings from longitudinal and treatment outcomes studies conducted over 25 years. Essential reading for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and other mental health professionals and those working for relief organizations following disasters.

Author: Armen Goenjian
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 05/26/2022
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.25w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781108813143

About the Author
Goenjian, Armen: - Armen K. Goenjian is a Full Research Psychiatrist at UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Chief Medical Officer at Collaborative Neuroscience Network and Consultant at the UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress. He is also Director of the Psychiatric Outreach Program for Armenia.Steinberg, Alan: - Alan M. Steinberg is Associate Director of the UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine.Pynoos, Robert: - Robert S. Pynoos is Co-Director of the UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Director of the UCLA Trauma Psychiatry Program, and Distinguished Professor at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine.