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Crisis, disaster and trauma

How can psychology inform disaster management?

Highlighting the roles of psychologists in education, preparation and training for disasters, this publication also looks at what psychologists offer to the response to disasters.

01 May 2018

This publication highlights the roles of psychologists in education, preparation and training for disasters. It also looks at what psychologists can offer to the response to disasters, including the psychological interventions that can help victims, and at psychologists' research into disasters and their management. The publication resulted from a symposium on the above topic held at the London offices of the British Psychological Society in March 2017.

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