Book contents
- Mental Health and Disasters
- Dedication
- Mental Health and Disasters
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- 1 Disaster Mental Health Research:
- Part One Concepts
- Part Two Psychopathology After Disasters
- Part Three Vulnerability And Resilience
- Part Four Special Groups
- Part Five Interventions And Health Services
- Part Six Case Studies
- 23 The Mental Health Impact of the Southeast Asia Tsunami
- 24 Advances in Our Understanding of Earthquake Trauma and Its Treatment:
- 25 Hurricane Katrina
- 26 The Long-Term Mental Health Impacts of the Chernobyl Accident
- 27 TheExxon ValdezOil Spill
- 28 Enschede Fireworks Disaster
- 29 Eyewitness to Mass Murder:
- 30 The Oklahoma City Bombing
- 31 The Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, in New York City
- 32 The Psychological Consequences of the London Bombings
- 33 Psychological Responses to Terrorism in Israel: 2000–2004
- Part Seven Questions and Directions
- Index
30 - The Oklahoma City Bombing
from Part Six - Case Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2010
Book contents
- Mental Health and Disasters
- Dedication
- Mental Health and Disasters
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- 1 Disaster Mental Health Research:
- Part One Concepts
- Part Two Psychopathology After Disasters
- Part Three Vulnerability And Resilience
- Part Four Special Groups
- Part Five Interventions And Health Services
- Part Six Case Studies
- 23 The Mental Health Impact of the Southeast Asia Tsunami
- 24 Advances in Our Understanding of Earthquake Trauma and Its Treatment:
- 25 Hurricane Katrina
- 26 The Long-Term Mental Health Impacts of the Chernobyl Accident
- 27 TheExxon ValdezOil Spill
- 28 Enschede Fireworks Disaster
- 29 Eyewitness to Mass Murder:
- 30 The Oklahoma City Bombing
- 31 The Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, in New York City
- 32 The Psychological Consequences of the London Bombings
- 33 Psychological Responses to Terrorism in Israel: 2000–2004
- Part Seven Questions and Directions
- Index
Summary
This chapter describes the emotional and behavioral consequences of the Oklahoma City bombing and the service delivery system established to respond. The emotional needs of survivors and family members were of immediate concern after the bombing. Oklahoma City professionals responsible for organizing the system of care and the clinicians who delivered services were guided and supported by the federal government. Disaster mental health professionals have noted that terrorist incidents may differ in substantive ways from other disasters. Oklahoma City studies included samples of directly exposed survivors and indirectly and remotely affected individuals. Oklahoma City professionals raised a number of service delivery issues associated with the federally funded crisis counseling program. Establishing and delivering services in Oklahoma City took precedence over research, and some in the community were suspicious about research, even research related to needs assessment, program evaluation, and the effectiveness of services and interventions.
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- Mental Health and Disasters , pp. 508 - 521Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009
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