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Previous Issues of
The Australasian Journal of
Disaster and Trauma Studies
ISSN: 1174-4707
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Volume: 1997-1
Contents Pages of Volume 1997-1.
Editorial by Douglas Paton
Disaster and Trauma Studies: Developing an Australasian
Perspective.
Kevin R. Ronan : The Effects of a "Benign" Disaster:
Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress in Children Following a Series of Volcanic
Eruptions
Keywords: Volcanic eruptions, childhood post-traumatic stress, self reported
symptom clusters
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Christine V. Stephens : Debriefing, Social Support and PTSD in
the New Zealand Police: Testing a multidimensional model of organisational
traumatic stress
Keywords: Police social support, trauma, PTSD, recovery environment, debriefing
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Volume: 1997-2
Contents Pages of Volume 1997-2
John Raftery : Doing Better than the Media: Ethical issues in Trauma
Research.
Keywords: trauma, media, research, ethics
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
A.J.W. Taylor : Flashback to Buried Memories of Sexual Abuse in
a Case of Homicide
Keywords: provocation, surrogate, flashback, killing
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Volume: 1997-3
Contents Pages of Volume 1997-3
Editorial : by Douglas Paton
Papers
The Cave Creek Incident: a REASONed Explanation by Anne Isaac
Keywords: disaster, socio-technical systems, organsiational culture, safety
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
The Effect of Increased Earthquake Knowledge on Perceived Preventability
of Earthquake Damage by Francisco Hurnen & John McClure
Keywords: earthquakes, perceived preventability, preparation, information
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
An Evaluation of Humour in Emergency Work by Carmen Moran & Margaret
Massam
Keywords: emergency work, coping, humour, communication
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Residuals of Police Occupational Trauma by John M. Violanti
Keywords: police, trauma, addiction, occupational exposure
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
Conference Reports
New Zealand Psychological Society Conference 1997
- held at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand : August/September
1997
- The keynote address presented by Dr Bessel van der Kolk entitled The
psychobiology of post traumatic states. as reported by A.J.W.
Taylor, Psychology Department, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.
- Comprehensive emergency management:
An emerging role for the social sciences. A report on the Disaster
Psychology Symposium by Douglas Paton, Department of Psychology, Massey
University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
- Psychological Aspects of Trauma. A
report on the Trauma Psychology Symposium by Christine Stephens, Department
of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Book Reviews
- Reducing stress in working with PTSD clients:
The value of a practitioner's guidebook.
- Treating post-traumatic stress disorder: A handbook and practice manual
for therapy. by Donald Meichenbaum (1997) John Wiley: Brisbane.
As reviewed by Kevin R. Ronan, Department of Psychology, Massey University,
Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Volume: 1998-1
Contents Pages of Volume 1998-1
Guest Editorial : Psychological
(Stress) Debriefing: Where are we now?
by Justin Kenardy, PhD
Papers
Social science versus social movements: The origins and natural history
of debriefing
by Richard Gist, Ph.D & S. Joseph Woodall
Keywords: debriefing, Barnum effect, rescue personality, citation, social movements
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Individual Differences and Debriefing Effectiveness
by Carmen Moran
Keywords: individual differences, coping, stress, emergency worker
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Work-related psychological trauma: A social psychological and organisational
approach to understanding response and recovery
by Douglas Paton, Leigh M. Smith & Christine Stephens
Keywords: Debriefing, organisational environment, social psychology, cognitive
theory
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Volume: 1998-2
Contents Pages of Volume 1998-2
Editorial : Humanitarian
Aid following disasters: Problems, issues and directions.
by Douglas Paton & John Raftery
Papers
More than PTSD: Proactive Responses Among Disaster Survivors
by Anne Eyre PhD
Keywords: Post-traumatic stress, qualitative research, survivors, Britain
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Volcanic hazard perceptions in Inglewood, New Zealand
by David Johnston & Kelly Benton
Keywords: volcanic eruptions, risks, community perception, preparation
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
A Phenomenological Study of Vicarious Traumatisation Amongst Psychologists
and Professional Counsellors Working in the Field of Sexual Abuse/Assault
by Lyndall G Steed & Robyn Downing
Keywords: vicarious traumatisation, sexual abuse/assault
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Reports, Commentaries and News
The Waikato Regional Flood Event of 9-20 July 1998
by AJ Munro
Keywords: Waikato River, flood warning, flood management, water level, rainfall
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Book Reviews
- Critical Incident Command: Exploring the psychological
dimension
- Sitting in the hot seat: Leaders and teams for critical incident management.
by R Flin Chichester, John Wiley & Son. ISBN: 0-471-95796-8
As reviewed by Douglas Paton, School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston
North, New Zealand.
Volume: 1998-3
Contents Pages of Volume 1998-3
Editorial : Special Edition: Current
events in the memory-trauma field.
by A.J.W. Taylor PhD
Papers
The Complex Issues in Researching "False memory Syndrome"
by Dr Kathryn Gow
Keywords: false memories, recovered memories, false memory syndrome
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Compensation for Mental Trauma Injuries in New Zealand
by J.M. Miller
Keywords: mental trauma, accident compensation,no fault, New Zealand, damages
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Trauma Treatment To Target Memory
by A.J.W. Taylor PhD
Keywords: memory of trauma, flashbacks, trauma treatment, situational contexts,
training emergency personnel
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Volume: 1999-1
Contents Pages of Volume 1999-1
Editorial : Special
Edition: Children, trauma and disasters.
by Dr Kevin R Ronan
Special Edition Papers
- Prediction of Children's Coping Following
a Natural Disaster - the Mount Ruapehu Eruptions:
A prospective study
by Caryl A Huzziff & Kevin R Ronan
- Keywords: Children, Natural Disasters, Coping, Home Factors, Negative Cognitive
and Emotional Style, PTSD
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Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Children's Conceptualisation of some
child sexual abuse prevention concepts as taught by 'Keeping Ourselves
Safe', a New Zealand Prevention Programme
by C C M Woolley & T C M Gabriels
- Keywords: sexual abuse prevention, children, developmental
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Papers
- Community-Based Fire Preparedness Programmes:
An Empirical Evaluation
by Dr Bernd Rohrmann
- Keywords: fire, disaster preparedness, risk communication, evaluation
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
Volume: 1999-2
Contents Pages of Volume 1999-2
Editorial : Exporting
Trauma Programs.
by John Raftery
Papers
- Disaster Stress Following
a Hurricane: The role of religious differences in the Fijian Islands
by Matt Gillard & Douglas Paton
- Keywords: Disaster, vulnerability, religion, culture, stress
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Value Conflict Arising
from a Disaster
by A.J.W. Taylor
- Keywords: Value conflicts, religion and health, natural disaster causation
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Cross-cultural Counseling In Disaster Settings
by George W. Doherty
- Keywords: Disaster, Counselling, cross-cultural, consultation
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Volume: 2000-1
Contents Pages of Volume 2000-1
Editorial : The
Millenium, Bugs, and Sun Storms.
by Douglas Paton
Papers
- Children's and Adolescents'
Exposure to Community Violence, Post-Traumatic Stress Reactions, and
Treatment Implications
by Steven L. Berman, Wendy K. Silverman & William M. Kurtines
- Keywords: violence, children, adolescent, crime, treatment, post-traumatic
stress
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- On Neutrality in
a War Zone
by Clay Foreman
- Keywords: neutrality, war zone, CIVPOL, peacekeeping
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Volume: 2000-2
Contents Pages of Volume 2000-2
Editorial : Special
Edition: Risk Information & Communication.
by Bernd Rohrmann
Special Edition Papers - Risk Information & Communication
Editor: Bernd Rohrmann
- Exposure to Risk and Trust in Information;
Implications for the Credibility of Risk Communication
by Britt-Marie Drottz-Sjöberg
- Keywords: risk perception, exposure, communication, credibility, trust
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Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Perceptions of risk from natural hazards
in two remote New Zealand communities
by Janet Gough
- Keywords: natural hazards, risk perceptions, community understanding, risk
communication, preparedness
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Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Are Flood Warnings Futile? Risk communication
in emergencies
by John Handmer
- Keywords: warnings; warning failure; floods and flooding; assessment; emergency
communications
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Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- A socio-psychological model for analyzing
risk communication processes
by Bernd Rohrmann
- Keywords: risk information, risk communication, hazards, disaster preparedness
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Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
- Hazardous Incident Information for the
Public: Is it Useful?
by Holger Schütz and Peter M. Wiedemann
- Keywords: risk communication, risk perception, evaluation, Seveso-Directive,
chemical hazards
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Papers
- Tragedy and Trauma in Tuvalu
by A.J.W. Taylor
- Keywords: school fire, trauma and ghosts, cross-cultural factors
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Assessment and Intervention with Kosovar
Refugees: Design and Management of a Therapeutic Team
by Dave Vicary & Grey Searle
- Keywords: multi-disciplinary team, Kosovar refugees, community driven assessment
and intervention, debriefing and reintegration.
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Book Review
- Owning the Future: Integrated Risk Management
in Practice
- edited by David Elms, Centre for Advanced Engineering 1998; ISBN:
0-908993-17-X; 330 pages.
As reviewed by David Johnston, Wairakei Research Centre, Taupo, New Zealand.
Volume: 2001-1
Contents Pages of Volume 2001-1
Editorial : Reducing
the consequences of disaster and trauma: Readiness and therapeutic perspectives.
by Douglas Paton
Papers
- Effects of the 1995-1996 Ruapehu eruptions
and people's perceptions of volcanic hazards after the event.
by Julie Becker, Richard Smith, David Johnston & Adam Munro
- Keywords: Mt Ruapehu, eruption, physical and social impacts
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- School Children's Risk Perceptions and Preparedness:
A Hazards Education Survey
by Kevin R Ronan, David M Johnson, Michele Daly & Raewyn Fairley
- Keywords: natural hazards, risk perceptions, community understanding, risk
communication, preparedness
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Trauma and the Therapist: The Experience
of Therapists Working with the Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse
by Lyndall Steed & Jacquie Bicknell
- Keywords: Secondary Traumatic Stress, Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue,
therapist exposure, sex offenders
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Book Review
- Disaster Relief: Responding to International
Development Needs
- Rising from the Ashes: Development strategies in times of disaster.
by Anderson, M. & Woodrow, P.J. (1998) London, Intermediate Technology
Publications (Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.) ISBN: 1-85339-439-4
As reviewed by Douglas Paton, School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston
North, New Zealand.
- Policy and Planning for Hazard and Disaster
Management
- Community Emergency Preparedness: A manual for managers and policy makers.
by World Health Organisation (1999) Geneva, World Health Organisation.
ISBN: 92-4-154519-4.
As reviewed by Douglas Paton, School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston
North, New Zealand.
- Applying Risk Management Standard to
Disaster management
- Disaster Risk Management.
by Zamecka, A. & Buchanan, G. (1999) Queensland Department of
Emergency Services. ISBN: 0-7242-9341
Available from: Queensland Department of Emergency Services, GPO Box 1425,
Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia.
As reviewed by Douglas Paton, School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston
North, New Zealand.
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Volume: 2001-2
Contents Pages of Volume 2001-2
Editorial : Police
Trauma
by John M. Violanti
Papers
- Traumatic Events
of New Recruits and Serving Police
by Grant Buchanan, Christine Stephens & Nigel Long
- Keywords: Traumatic events, multiple trauma, police, police recruits
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
- Human remains and psychological
impact on police officers: Excerpts from psychiatric observations
by Claudia L. Greene, M.D.
- Keywords: body handling, police, trauma
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Effective Postvention for
Police Suicide
by Robert Loo
- Keywords: Police suicide, postvention, trauma
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Reconceptualizing
Traumatic Incidents Experienced by Law Enforcement Personnel
by George T. Patterson
- Keywords: police officers, traumatic incidents, critical incident debriefing
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
- The Relationship
Between Demographic Variables and Exposure to Traumatic Incidents Among
Police Officers
by George T. Patterson
- Keywords: Police officers, traumatic incidents, demographic variables,
mental health services
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
- Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder Intervention in Law Enforcement: Differing Perspectives
by John M. Violanti
- Keywords: Psychological Trauma, intervention, pathogenic
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
Book Review
- Hazard Reduction: Developing an all-hazards
capability
- Geological Hazards: Their assessment, avoidance and mitigation
- by Fred G. Bell (1999) E & FN Spon, London, ISBN: 0-419-16970-9
As reviewed by Douglas Paton, School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston
North, New Zealand.
- Managing seismic risk: Integrating organisational
and community strategies
- Shared Risk: Complex systems in seismic response
- by Louise K. Comfort (1999) Oxford, Pergamon Press. ISBN: 0-08-043211-5.
Price: NLG 194; USD 98.50
As reviewed by Douglas Paton, School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston
North, New Zealand.
- Vulnerability, resilience and Adaptation
to Adverse Developmental Experiences
- Resilience and Development: Positive life adaptation
- by Meyer D. Glantz and Jeanette L. Johnston (eds) (1999). New York:
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishing. ISBN: 0-306-46123-4
As reviewed by Douglas Paton, School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston
North, New Zealand.
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Volume: 2002-1
Contents Pages of Volume 2002-1
Editorial : Special
Edition: Health benefits of the disclosure of emotions about traumatic
experiences: What is the evidence and potential for therapeutic benefits?
by Christine Stephens
Papers
- Written Emotional Expression and Well-Being:
Result From a Home-Based Study
by David Sheffield, Elaine Duncan, Karen Thomson & Sarbjit S. Johal
- Keywords: disclosure, emotional events, disclosure intervention, health
improvement, writing about emotions
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
- Structured writing about a natural disaster
buffers the effect of intrusive thoughts on negative affect and physical
symptoms
by Joshua M. Smyth, Jill Hockemeyer, Chris Anderson, Kim Strandberg, Michelle
Koch, H. Katherine O'Neill & Susan McCammon
- Keywords: Disaster, Trauma, Writing, Intrusions, Negative Affect, Symptoms
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
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Volume: 2002-2
Contents Pages of Volume 2002-2
Editorial :
by Douglas Paton
Papers
- After the war is
over ... PTSD symptoms in World War II veterans
by Margaret Lindorff
- Keywords: World War II; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Combat exposure
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
- Involuntary resettlement,
Impoverishment Risks and Sustainable Livelihoods
by Dr Christopher McDowell
- Keywords: sustainable livelihoods, reconstruction, institutions, impoverishment
risks
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
- A Hostage Trauma Assignment
in Fiji
by A.J.W. Taylor, E. Nailatikau & F.H.Walkey
- Keywords: Hostages, hostage families, stress trauma, religion, justice,
cross-cultural/organisational
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Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Book Review
- Decision Making in Complex, Evolving Emergencies
- Decision Making Under Stress: Emerging themes and applications
by Flin, R., Salas, E., Strub, M. and Martin, L. (eds) (1997), Aldershot:
Ashgate. ISBN: 0 291 39856 1
as reviewed by Douglas Paton, School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston
North, New Zealand.
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- Responding to emergencies: Decision making
and team perspectives
- Incident Command: Tales from the hot seat
by Flin, R., & Arbuthnot, K. (eds) (2002), Aldershot: Ashgate.
ISBN: 0 7546 1341 0
as reviewed by Douglas Paton, School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston
North, New Zealand.
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Volume: 2003-1
Contents Pages of Volume 2003-1
Editorial : Expanding Perspectives on Duty-Related
Traumatic Stress
by Douglas Paton
Papers
- Counting the Cost: Psychological
Distress in Career and Auxiliary Firefighters
by P Greg Dean, Kathryn M Gow & Jane Shakespeare-Finch
- Keywords: trauma; firefighters; psychological distress; occupational stressors;
PTSD
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Paper
- Coping and Adjustment
Strategies used by Emergency Services Staff after Traumatic Incidents:
Implications for Psychological Debriefing, Reconstructed Early Intervention
and Psychological First Aid.
by R. J. Ørner, S. King, A. Avery, R. Bretherton, P. Stolz & J.
Ormerod
- Keywords: Coping, Psychological Debriefing, Early Intervention, Emergency
Services, Peer Support
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Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Public inquiries into
deaths in care: Effects on emergency responders
by Cheryl Regehr
- Keywords: Emergency responders, public inquiries, death, media, organisation
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Paper
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Volume: 2004-1
Contents Pages of Volume 2004-1
Editorial : Proactive
response to contemporary hazards: Perspectives from military peacekeeping,
humanitarian aid and emergency management contexts
by Douglas Paton
Papers
- The Ruapehu lahar emergency
response plan development process: An analysis
by Ian Galley, Graham Leonard, David Johnston, Richard Balm & Douglas
Paton
- Keywords: Ruapehu, lahar, Crater Lake, Tangiwai, planning, emergency response,
psychology, development, disaster, ERLAWS
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Risks Associated
with the Psychological Adjustment of Humanitarian Aid Workers
by Colleen A. McFarlane
- Keywords: Humanitarian aid workers, traumatic stress, mental health, risk
factors, wellbeing
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
Occupational
Stress and Peacekeepers
by A.J.W. Taylor
- Keywords: peacekeeping, philosophy, selection, training, organisational
support, occupational stress
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Volume: 2004-2
Contents Pages of
Volume 2004-2
Editorial : Managing
Traumatic Stress in Complex Emergencies: Demographic, organizational
and cultural influences
by Douglas Paton
Papers
Effects
of Cultural Values on the Attitudes and Behaviours of Survivors of the
1999 Earthquake in Turkey
by M.Aytul Kasapoglu & Mehmet C. Ecevit
Keywords: disasters, traditionalism, materialism, attitudes,
Turkey
Web links to Abstract or
to the Full Paper
The
need for ER protocol in the treatment of public manifesting ASR symptoms
following disaster
by Prof. Mooli Lahad & Ruvie Rogel
Keywords: ASR-Acute Stress Disorder , Surge capacity phenomena
, ER- Emergency Room, Trauma, ASR-site,ASR -protocol
Web links to Abstract or
to the Full Paper
Stress
Reactions and Coping Resources Mobilized by Children under Shelling and Evacuation
by Dr Miri Shacham & Prof. Mooli Lahad
Keywords: evacuation, stress reactions, coping resources,
resiliency, "BASIC PH" Model of Coping and Resiliency
Volume: 2005-1
Contents Pages of
Volume 2005-1
Editorial : Preparing
for and Responding to Adverse Events: Perspectives on Natural and Political
Hazards
by Douglas Paton
Papers
- Perceptions
of Risk for Volcanic Hazards at Vesuvio and Etna, Italy
by Matthew S. Davis, Tullio Ricci & Lara M. Mitchell
- Keywords: Risk Perception, Volcanic Hazards, Vesuvio, Etna, Italy
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Correlates
of post-traumatic stress and physical symptoms in Nepali adults under
political turmoil
by Elaine Duncan, Yori Gidron, Roshan Prakash Shrestha & Timothy
Aryal
- Keywords: Nepal, political turmoil, post-traumatic stress, physical symptoms,
perceived psychological proximity
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Debriefing
interventions for stressful events among collective societies: The case
of the Palestinian-Arabs in Israel
by Marwan Dwairy D. Sc.
- Keywords: Debriefing, Stress, Management, Culture, Arabs
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Optimistic
bias in relation to preparedness for earthquakes
by Matthew J. Spittal, John McClure, Richard J. Siegert & Frank H.
Walkey
- Keywords: optimistic bias, earthquake preparedness
Web links to Abstract or
to the Full Paper
Book Review
- Management of dead bodies in disaster
situations
- Management of dead bodies in disaster situations
by Pan American Health Organisation and World Health Organisation.(2004),
Washington DC.
ISBN: 92 75 12529 5
as reviewed by Emeritus Professor A.J.W. Taylor, School of Psychology, Victoria
University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Volume: 2005-2
Contents Pages of
Volume 2005-2
Editorial : Positive
adaptation to disaster and traumatic consequences: Resilience and readiness
by Douglas Paton
Papers
- Workplace
violence experienced by paramedics: Relationships with social support,
job satisfaction, and psychological strain
by Paula Brough
- Keywords: Workplace violence, paramedics, psychological strain, job satisfaction,
social support
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Waves of Violence
- Women in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka
by Susan Rees, Eileen Pittaway & Linda Bartolomei
- Keywords: Gender, Violence, Tsunami, Sri Lanka, Disaster, Women
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- The “Rescue
Personality”: Fact or Fiction?
by Shannon L. Wagner
- Keywords: emergency services, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, traumatic
event, personality, rescue, fire, police, ambulance
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Volume: 2006-1
Contents Pages of
Volume 2006-1
Editorial : Disaster
Response and Recovery: Considering volunteers, displaced communities and
cultural heritage
by Douglas Paton
Papers
- Disaster management and cultural heritage:
An investigation of knowledge and perceptions of New South Wales Rural
Fire Service Brigade Captains
by Kristy Graham & Dirk HR Spennemann
- Keywords: Disaster Management, Heritage Protection, Rural Fire Service,
Attitudinal Barriers, Education
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- The Trauma And Beyond Trauma of Political
Displacement: An Exploratory Case Study of One White Zimbabwean Farmer
by Professor Zelda G Knight
- Keywords: Political, Displacement, Zimbabwe, Trauma, Farmers, Aftermath,
Psychologica
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- State Emergency Service (SES) volunteer
members: An investigation into coping abilities and adjustment strategies
following emergency activations.
by Felicity Shipley & Kathryn Gow
- Keywords: SES volunteers; critical incidents; coping
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Volume: 2006-2
Contents Pages of
Volume 2006-2
Editorial : Responding
to disaster: Questioning assumptions and building capacity
by Douglas Paton
Papers
Well-being
in Protective Services Personnel: Organisational Influences
by Karena J. Burke & Douglas Paton
Keywords: emergency services, organisational climate, job satisfaction,
traumatic events, occupational stress
Web links to Abstract or
to the Full Paper
Of
hierarchy and hoarding: How “inefficiencies” actually make
disaster relief “work”
by Sidney Dekker & Nalini Suparamaniam
Keywords: procedures, plans, relief work, authority, hierarchy, efficiency
Web links to Abstract or
to the Full Paper
Resistance
to Cross-cultural Psychosocial Efforts in Disaster and Trauma: Recommendations
for Ethnomedical Competence
by Siddharth Ashvin Shah
Keywords: psychosocial treatment, relief work, disaster relief, tsunami
relief, psychological trauma, cross-cultural trauma recovery, trans-cultural
treatments, alternative treatments
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Volume: 2007-1
Contents Pages of
Volume 2007-1
Editorial : Posttraumatic
Growth: Is there evidence for changing our practice?
by Colleen A Jackson
Papers
Understanding Adaptation
to First-Episode Psychosis: The Relevance of Trauma and Posttraumatic
Growth
by Jane E Dunkley, Glen W Bates, Margaret Foulds & Paul Fitzgerald
Keywords: psychosis, trauma, posttraumatic growth, bipolar disorders
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Posttraumatic Growth: Is
there evidence for changing our practice?
by Colleen A Jackson
Keywords: posttraumatic growth, coping, pathology, treatment
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Coping Processes and Dimensions
of Posttraumatic Growth
by Bronwyn A. Morris, Jane Shakespeare-Finch & Jennifer L. Scott
Keywords: Posttraumatic Growth, Cancer, Coping
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Personal and Organizational
Predictors of Posttraumatic Adaptation and Growth in Police Officers
by Douglas Paton & Karena J. Burke
Keywords: critical incidents, adaptive capacity, posttraumatic growth,
police, training, teams, organizational culture
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Posttraumatic Growth of Southeast
Asian Survivors with Physical Injuries: Six Months after the 2004 Southeast
Asian Earthquake-Tsunami
by Catherine So-kum Tang
Keywords: Postraumatic growth, tsunami, Thailand, coping
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Volume: 2007-2
Contents Pages of
Volume 2007-2
Editorial : From
Fire to Foot and Mouth Disease: Safeguarding the well-being of children,
communities and workers
by Douglas Paton
Papers
- Role Stress in Front Line Workers
during the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemic: The Value of Therapeutic
Spaces
by Dr Ian Convery, Dr Maggie Mort, Dr Cathy Bailey & Josephine Baxter
- Keywords: foot and mouth disease; disaster workers; therapeutic spaces;
trauma; posttraumatic experience
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- Natural Environment Disaster Survival
Experiences: Narrative Research from Two Communities
by Melvin Prince & Mark Alexander Phillip Davies
- Keywords: tsunami, flood, disaster survivors, culture, narrative research
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- A Home-based Disaster Psychosocial
Intervention Programme: Case Study of a School Fire Disaster Victim in
India
by Sujata Satapathy & Ajinder Walia
- Keywords: Fire disasters, Psychological trauma, Play therapy, home-based
intervention and Disaster mental health care service
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Short Communication
- Psychosocial
Care During Rehabilitation – A Thematic Approach
by Jeyanth K.Newport & T.M. Padma
- Keywords: Disaster Mental Health, Psychosocial Care, Rehabilitation, ELII
Approach
Web links to Abstract or
to the Full Paper
Volume: 2008-1
Contents Pages of Volume
2008-1
Editorial : Psychosocial
Support in Community and Educational Contexts
by Douglas Paton
Papers
- Sense of Place: A Model for Community
Based Psychosocial Support Programs
by Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz & Anjana Dayal
- Keywords: Sense of place, psychosocial well-being, support
Web links to Abstract or to
the Full Paper
- The Effects of Personality, Social
Support and Religiosity on Posttraumatic Growth
by Julie T. Wilson & Joseph M. Boden
- Keywords: personality, Big Five, posttraumatic growth, social support,
religiosity, extraversion
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
Short Communication
- The
2004 Tsunami and University Students’ Academic Achievement
by Teuku Tahlil & Ches Jones
- Keywords: Tsunami, Adverse effects, College student, Academic achievement
Web links to Abstract or
to the Full Paper
Volume: 2008-2
Contents Pages of Volume
2008-2
Editorial : Fire
Risk Communication and Preparedness: New evidence to empower the communities.
by Dr Fantina Tedim
Papers
- A Report on Forest Fires in Cyprus
by Boustras G, Bratskas R , Pourgouri S , Michaelides
A , Efstathiades A, Katsaros E
- Keywords: Forest fires, Cyprus, Forest Fire Statistics, Forest Protection
Policies
Web links to Abstract or to the Full
Paper
- How Close Do You Have To Be To Learn The
Lesson? Fire Burns!
by Kathryn Gow
- Keywords: bushfire exposure; bushfire experience; disaster preparedness;
Southeast Queensland
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Paper
- Urban-Forest Interfaces: A Favourable
Stage for the Incidence and Development of Forest Fires in Portugal
by Luciano Lourenço
- Keywords: bushfire exposure; bushfire experience; disaster preparedness;
Southeast Queensland
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Paper
- Understanding the Context: The value
of community engagement in bushfire risk communication and education.
Observations following the East Coast Tasmania bushfires of December
2006.
by Tim Prior and Douglas Paton
- Keywords: Bushfire, community perceptions, trust, preparedness, risk communication
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Paper
- Public Perceptions of Wildfire Risk and
Forest Management in the Central Pine Barrens of Long Island (USA)
by Robert L. Ryan and Mark B. Wamsley
- Keywords: wildland-urban interface - Northeast United States, Central Pine
Barrens, Long Island, New York, local residents perceptions- wildland fire
risk, fire hazard reduction strategies
Volume: 2009-1
Contents Pages of
Volume 2009-1
Editorial : Responding
to the Unexpected: Emergency response, community and societal implications
by Douglas Paton
Papers
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Short Communications
The Chinese
Medical Response in Wenchuan Earthquake Relief : Experience of Rescue
Team Member
by Feng Cao, MD., PhD., Zheng Guo, MD., PhD., Weiping Liu, MD., Kai Liu,
MD. & Lize Xiong, MD., PhD
Keywords: China; Earthquake relief; Medical rescue
Volume: 2010-1
Contents Pages of
Volume 2010-1
Introduction : The
Role Of Land-Use Planning In Disaster Risk Reduction: An Introduction
To Perspectives From Australasia
by Bruce C. Glavovic
Keywords: Natural hazards planning, disaster risk reduction, New Zealand,
Australia, Pacific Island Countries
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to the Full Paper
Papers
- Lessons from the United States: Planning
for Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction
by Gavin Smith
- Keywords: disaster recovery, planning, sustainable development, disaster
resilience
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Paper
- Realising the potential of land-use
planning to reduce hazard risks in New Zealand
by Bruce C. Glavovic, Becker, J.S. & Saunders, W.S.A
- Keywords: Natural hazards planning, risk reduction, New Zealand
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the Full Paper
- A synthesis of challenges and opportunities
for reducing volcanic risk through land use planning in New Zealand
by Becker, J.S., Saunders, W.S.A., Robertson, C.M., Leonard, G.S., & Johnston,
D.M.
- Keywords: volcano, land use, planning, New Zealand
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Paper
- Exploring the social context of coastal
erosion management in New Zealand: What factors drive particular environmental
outcomes?
by Paula Blackett, Terry Hume & Jim Dahm
- Keywords: Coastal hazards, stakeholders, communities, positive and negative
environmental outcomes
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the Full Paper
- Community-based Civil Defence Emergency
Management Planning in Northland, New Zealand
by Antoinette Mitchell, Bruce C. Glavovic, Bill Hutchinson, Graeme MacDonald,
Melanie Roberts & Jim Goodland
- Keywords: Community-based emergency planning, public participation, Northland,
New Zealand
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the Full Paper
- Social assessment as a complementary
tool to hazard risk assessment and disaster planning
by Alison Cottrell & David King
- Keywords: social impact assessment, hazard mitigation, emergency management
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the Full Paper
- Towards Enhancing Adaptive Capacity for
Climate Change Response in South East Queensland
by Timothy F. Smith, Timothy Lynam, Benjamin L. Preston, Julie Matthews,
R. W. (Bill) Carter, Dana C. Thomsen, Jennifer Carter, Anne Roiko, Rodney
Simpson, Peter Waterman, Marcus Bussey, Noni Keys & Craig Stephenson
- Keywords: Adaptive capacity, climate change, adaptation, South East Queensland
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Paper
- An Overview of Natural Hazard Planning
in the Pacific Island Region
by John Campbell
- Keywords: Pacific Islands, disaster risk reduction, relief, urbanisation
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the Full Paper
Conclusion
Realising the promise of natural
hazards planning: An Australasian perspective
by Bruce C. Glavovic
Keywords: Natural hazards planning; sustainable hazard-resilient communities;
Australasia
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to the Full Paper
Volume: 2010-2
Contents Pages of
Volume 2010-2
Editorial : Special
Issue on “Disaster Management: Views from the 921 Earthquake”.
by Li-Wen Liu, Li-Ju Jang, Jieh-Jiuh Wang, Shu-Twu Wang & Fang-Yie Leu
Papers
Debris
flow disaster mitigation on early warning and evacuation after the Chichi
Earthquake in Taiwan
by Huei-Long Wu, Su-Chin Chen, Tien-Ying Chou & Bo-Tsung Huang
Keywords: early warning system, evacuation and shelter, rainfall threshold
value for debris flow
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to the Full Paper
Evaluating
the use of earthquake scenario exercises for developing disaster management
strategies
by Shyh-Yuan Maa & Jieh-Jiuh Wang
Keywords: Emergency management system, scenarios, exercises, urban earthquake
disaster management policy
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to the Full Paper
The
921 Earthquake: Developing a group intervention program for affected
soldiers in the Taiwanese military
by Cheng-Shen Hu & Sheng-Che Kuo
Keywords: group intervention, military, acute stress disorder, normalization
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to the Full Paper
The
grief process of a child survivor of the 921 Earthquake: A case report
by Hsiu -Ling Peng
Keywords: grief counselling, expressive art materials, 921 Earthquake
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to the Full Paper
Ten
years after the 921 Earthquake: A report on the posttraumatic growth
of Jen-Ai Hospital in Tali, Taiwan
by Chi-Hsiang Hsu & Chih-Chung Su
Keywords: The 921 Earthquake, Jen-Ai Hospital, Tali C ommunity Health Promotion
Center, posttraumatic growth
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Volume: 2011-1
Contents Pages of
Volume 2011-1
Editorial : Risk
and Resilience in Turbulent Times: Recent insights into managing hazard
effects and traumatic stress
by Douglas Paton
Papers
Framing effects on disaster
preparation: Is negative framing more effective?
by John McClure and Chris G Sibley
Keywords: framing effects, goal framing, disaster preparedness, risk communication
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to the Full Paper
Self-esteem and Sense
of Mastery Influencing Disaster Preparedness Behaviour
by Sasmita Mishra, Damodar Suar & Douglas Paton
Keywords: Self-esteem, sense of mastery, communal mastery, disaster preparedness
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to the Full Paper
The Strange Lake Nyos CO2 Gas
Disaster: Impacts and The Displacement and Return of Affected Communities
by Forka Leypey Mathew Fomine
Keywords: Lake Nyos, Cameroon, carbon dioxide gas, asphyxiation, resettlement,
disaster
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to the Full Paper
Violence, Psychological
Trauma, and Possible Acute Post-traumatic Interventions in Pakistani
Society
by Muhammad Tahir Khalily, Suzane Foley, Ijaz Hussain & Maher Bano
Keywords: violent situation in Pakistan, psychological trauma, treatment
response, Trauma center
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to the Full Paper
Culture-Sensitive and
Resource Oriented Peer (CROP) - Groups as a Community Based Intervention
for Trauma Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study with Refugees
and Asylum Seekers from Chechnya
by Walter Renner, Eva Bänninger-Huber & Karl Peltzer
Keywords: Post-Traumatic Stress, Asylum Seekers, Refugees, Self-Help, Evaluation
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to the Full Paper
Volume: 2011-2
Contents Pages of
Volume 2011-2
Papers
How
the 2010 Canterbury (Darfield) earthquake affected earthquake risk perception:
Comparing citizens inside and outside the earthquake region
John McClure, Celine Wills, David Johnston & Claudia Recker
Keywords: earthquakes, Canterbury earthquakes, risk perception, perceived
earthquake likelihood
Sleeplessness,
Stress, Cognitive Disruption and Academic Performance Following the September
4, 2010, Christchurch Earthquake
Simon Kemp, William S. Helton, Jessica J. Richardson, Neville
M. Blampied & Michael Grimshaw
Keywords: disaster, earthquake, mental health, cognitive disruption, academic
performance
Early
Disaster Recovery: A Guide for Communities
Suzanne Vallance
Keywords: community development; community participation; urban resilience;
social capital
Rapid
response research in Christchurch: Providing evidence for recovery decisions
and for future theoretical research
Felicity Powell, Abigail Harding, Jared Thomas & Kate Mora
Keywords: disaster recovery research, Canterbury earthquake, research dissemination,
rapid response research, recovery indicators
The
Management of Portable Toilets in the Eastern Suburbs of Christchurch after
the February 22, 2011 Earthquake
R Potangaroa, S Wilkinson, M Zare & P Steinfort
Keywords: portable toilets, management, Christchurch, earthquake
Animal
welfare impact following the 4 September 2010 Canterbury (Darfield) earthquake
Steve Glassey & Thomas Wilson
Keywords: Canterbury, Darfield, earthquake, emergency, pets, animals, welfare,
disaster, New Zealand.
Commentary Article
Caring
for the Carers: the emotional effects of disasters on health care professionals
Peter Huggard
Keywords: compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatisation, burnout, self-care
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