Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks
Book contents
- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Foreword by Dr Adrian James
- Foreword by Professor David Lockey
- Section 1 The Nature and Impacts of Twenty-First-Century Healthcare Emergencies
- Chapter 1 Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, Disease Outbreaks, and Mental Health
- Chapter 2 How the World Views Trauma and Trauma Care
- Chapter 3 How the World Views the Mental Health Implications of Traumatic Events, Major Incidents, and Serious Contagious Diseases
- Chapter 4 Two Personal Perspectives on Trauma and Recovery
- Chapter 5 How Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks Affect People and Healthcare Practitioners
- Chapter 6 The Impact of Emergencies, Terrorism, and Disease on Children and Their Families
- Chapter 7 The Impacts of Urbanising the World’s Population on Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks
- Chapter 8 Myths About Disasters
- Chapter 9 Primary and Secondary Stressors
- Chapter 10 The Differing Challenges Posed by Big Bang, Rising Tide, and Longer-Term Incidents Affecting Local and Dispersed Populations
- Chapter 11 Mental Health in the Context of Multiple Exposures to Disasters
- Chapter 12 The Common Ground in the Mental Health Impacts of Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, Disease Outbreaks, and Conflict, and a Framework for Responding to People’s Needs
- Section 2 Clinical Aspects of Traumatic Injuries, Epidemics, and Pandemics
- Section 3 The Role of the Public in Emergencies: Survivors, Bystanders, and Volunteers
- Section 4 Responses to Meet the Mental Health Needs of People Affected by Emergencies, Major Incidents, and Pandemics
- Section 5 Sustaining and Caring for Staff During Emergencies
- Section 6 Designing, Leading, and Managing Responses to Emergencies and Pandemics
- Section 7 Key Lessons for the Way Forward
- A Glossary of Selected Key Terms Used in This Book
- Index
- References
Chapter 9 - Primary and Secondary Stressors
The Ways in Which Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, Disease Outbreaks, and Conflicts Are Stressful
from Section 1 - The Nature and Impacts of Twenty-First-Century Healthcare Emergencies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2024
Book contents
- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Foreword by Dr Adrian James
- Foreword by Professor David Lockey
- Section 1 The Nature and Impacts of Twenty-First-Century Healthcare Emergencies
- Chapter 1 Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, Disease Outbreaks, and Mental Health
- Chapter 2 How the World Views Trauma and Trauma Care
- Chapter 3 How the World Views the Mental Health Implications of Traumatic Events, Major Incidents, and Serious Contagious Diseases
- Chapter 4 Two Personal Perspectives on Trauma and Recovery
- Chapter 5 How Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks Affect People and Healthcare Practitioners
- Chapter 6 The Impact of Emergencies, Terrorism, and Disease on Children and Their Families
- Chapter 7 The Impacts of Urbanising the World’s Population on Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks
- Chapter 8 Myths About Disasters
- Chapter 9 Primary and Secondary Stressors
- Chapter 10 The Differing Challenges Posed by Big Bang, Rising Tide, and Longer-Term Incidents Affecting Local and Dispersed Populations
- Chapter 11 Mental Health in the Context of Multiple Exposures to Disasters
- Chapter 12 The Common Ground in the Mental Health Impacts of Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, Disease Outbreaks, and Conflict, and a Framework for Responding to People’s Needs
- Section 2 Clinical Aspects of Traumatic Injuries, Epidemics, and Pandemics
- Section 3 The Role of the Public in Emergencies: Survivors, Bystanders, and Volunteers
- Section 4 Responses to Meet the Mental Health Needs of People Affected by Emergencies, Major Incidents, and Pandemics
- Section 5 Sustaining and Caring for Staff During Emergencies
- Section 6 Designing, Leading, and Managing Responses to Emergencies and Pandemics
- Section 7 Key Lessons for the Way Forward
- A Glossary of Selected Key Terms Used in This Book
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter introduces the notion of identifying primary and secondary stressors as a way of drawing attention to the many sources of stress that arise either as a consequence of disastrous events of long or short duration, or because they frame the context in which those disastrous events occur. The events that we include in this approach are broad in nature; they include emergencies of all kinds, major incidents, outbreaks of high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs), terrorist attacks, and conflicts. We begin by outlining the context in which the circumstances that cause stress operate. Then we define primary and secondary stressors. This approach helps us to understand sources of stress in all kinds of adverse and disastrous events. We conclude that the sources of stress that we have researched in these differing emergencies differ, but also have much in common.
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