Bioterrorism: Psychological and Public Health Interventions
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Overview
In addition to planning and pre-disaster exercises essential for allocating resources and devising effective mental health interventions, this book also includes two CDs showing an international panel of experts discussing how best to plan for a bioterrorist event. Although only twelve people died after the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995, more than five thousand sought medical care for the effects of possible exposure. Bioterrorism can create chaos and disruption on a national and international scale. Moreover, it is believed to incur the most devastating psychological sequelae of all disasters.
Synopsis
Written by the leading experts, this is essential reading for all professionals involved in preparation for bioterrorism.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:Daniel E. Levin, MD(Rush University Medical Center)
Description:This is a review of the history and psychological risks of bioterrorism on individuals and society that includes suggestions for strategic planning.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide clinicians, researchers, and community leaders with a better understanding of the history, risks, and psychological effects of a bioterrorism attack, and to help them better plan appropriate responses. A bioterrorism attack poses many immense challenges to a society and to an individual's sense of well being. The effects on individuals and on communities may differ from response to other types of disasters and terrorism. There is a great need for a resource devoted to the analysis of this topic. The authors have undoubtedly met their objectives.
Audience:The authors, who are international experts in their field, wrote the book to better prepare clinicians, researchers, and community leaders for a possible bioterrorism attack. They have succeeded in providing an excellent resource for this audience.
Features:The book reviews the history of bioterrorism, risks and likelihood of future attacks, lessons learned from previous attacks, related world events such as the 1918 pandemic flu epidemics, the psychological effects on individuals and communities, and the importance of risk communication techniques to prepare community leaders to better respond to future events. The appendix in the concluding chapter very nicely reviews specific recommendations for mental health planning, education and training, public health policy, risk communication, and future research in regards to the psychological consequences of bioterrorism. The book comes with two CD-ROMs of international experts discussing how best to prepare for a bioterrorism attack.
Assessment:This is a superb book that will provide clinicians, researchers, and community leaders with an in-depth understanding of the consequences of a bioterrorism attack and help them better prepare and respond to future events.
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From The Critics
Reviewer: Daniel E. Levin, MD(Rush University Medical Center)Description: This is a review of the history and psychological risks of bioterrorism on individuals and society that includes suggestions for strategic planning.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide clinicians, researchers, and community leaders with a better understanding of the history, risks, and psychological effects of a bioterrorism attack, and to help them better plan appropriate responses. A bioterrorism attack poses many immense challenges to a society and to an individual's sense of well being. The effects on individuals and on communities may differ from response to other types of disasters and terrorism. There is a great need for a resource devoted to the analysis of this topic. The authors have undoubtedly met their objectives.
Audience: The authors, who are international experts in their field, wrote the book to better prepare clinicians, researchers, and community leaders for a possible bioterrorism attack. They have succeeded in providing an excellent resource for this audience.
Features: The book reviews the history of bioterrorism, risks and likelihood of future attacks, lessons learned from previous attacks, related world events such as the 1918 pandemic flu epidemics, the psychological effects on individuals and communities, and the importance of risk communication techniques to prepare community leaders to better respond to future events. The appendix in the concluding chapter very nicely reviews specific recommendations for mental health planning, education and training, public health policy, risk communication, and future research in regards to the psychological consequences of bioterrorism. The book comes with two CD-ROMs of international experts discussing how best to prepare for a bioterrorism attack.
Assessment: This is a superb book that will provide clinicians, researchers, and community leaders with an in-depth understanding of the consequences of a bioterrorism attack and help them better prepare and respond to future events.
5 Stars! from Doody