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
- Section 2 Clinical Aspects of Traumatic Injuries, Epidemics, and Pandemics
- Section 3 The Role of the Public in Emergencies: Survivors, Bystanders, and Volunteers
- Chapter 19 The Role of the Public: Understanding Group Processes in Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks
- Chapter 20 Social Identity and Traumatic Stress in the Context of an Earthquake and a Pandemic
- Chapter 21 Mobilisation and Deterioration of Social Support Following Disasters Resulting from Natural and Human-Induced Hazards
- Chapter 22 Collective Responses to Terrorist Attacks
- Chapter 23 Collective Psychosocial Resilience as a Group Process Following Flooding
- Chapter 24 Facilitating the Public Response to COVID-19
- Chapter 25 The Social Psychology of Mass Casualty Decontamination in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear (CBRN) Incidents
- Chapter 26 Factors That Determine Wider Solidarity Responses After a Major Incident or Disaster
- 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 21 - Mobilisation and Deterioration of Social Support Following Disasters Resulting from Natural and Human-Induced Hazards
from Section 3 - The Role of the Public in Emergencies: Survivors, Bystanders, and Volunteers
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
- Section 2 Clinical Aspects of Traumatic Injuries, Epidemics, and Pandemics
- Section 3 The Role of the Public in Emergencies: Survivors, Bystanders, and Volunteers
- Chapter 19 The Role of the Public: Understanding Group Processes in Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks
- Chapter 20 Social Identity and Traumatic Stress in the Context of an Earthquake and a Pandemic
- Chapter 21 Mobilisation and Deterioration of Social Support Following Disasters Resulting from Natural and Human-Induced Hazards
- Chapter 22 Collective Responses to Terrorist Attacks
- Chapter 23 Collective Psychosocial Resilience as a Group Process Following Flooding
- Chapter 24 Facilitating the Public Response to COVID-19
- Chapter 25 The Social Psychology of Mass Casualty Decontamination in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear (CBRN) Incidents
- Chapter 26 Factors That Determine Wider Solidarity Responses After a Major Incident or Disaster
- 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
The capacity of a collective to triumph over shared adversities is based on maintaining and augmenting social cohesion, mutual support, cooperation, and a sense of belonging to a valued social group and community. Initially many disasters are attended by affected communities mobilising into a heroic and altruistic struggle to fulfil survivors’ immediate needs, and to shield them from an overwhelming sense of loss. However, this heroic stage inevitably ceases, and may not be sufficient to conquer slowly evolving erosion of social relationships. This chapter reviews empirical investigations documenting that, post disaster, the path of instantaneous mobilisation of resources emerges in the domain of received social support. The path of a lingering sense of deterioration of resources occurs in the domain of perceived social support and social embeddedness. Differences in the dynamics of social support between disasters resulting from natural and human-induced hazards are noted.
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- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental HealthThe Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks, pp. 147 - 153Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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