9/11: Mental Health in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks

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.

• The most comprehensive, authoritative, scholarly book to be published to date focusing on the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks • Includes chapters from leading researchers and scholars in the field • An important seminal resource for researchers and clinicians involved in disaster management, preparedness, and disaster mental health work

Part I. Introduction; Part II. The Psychological Aftermath of 9/11; Part III. Reducing the Burden; Part IV. Outreach and Intervention in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks; Part IV.i. New York Area; Part IV.ii. Washington DC; Part IV.iii. Prolonged-Exposure Treatment as a Core Resource for Clinicians in the Community; Part V. Disasters and Mental Health; Perspectives on Response and Preparedness.

‘This is a great and exciting book; a volume filled with stories of endeavour, achievement, appraisal and learning; stories of heroism, challenge and hope. It will become a handbook for all who would research the impact of disaster and terrorism on mental health and well-being.’ Beverley Raphael

\'Refreshingly, the books contributors freely -and vigorously-critique each other\'s chapters … it offers an important contribution to the disaster mental health literature.\' British Medical Journal