Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Forensic psychology:
- Part I Psychological underpinnings
- Part II Assessments
- Part III Interventions
- 3.1 Child sexual abuse
- 3.2 Clinical relevance of restorative justice
- 3.3 Crisis negotiation
- 3.4 Parenting programmes
- 3.5 Preventing delinquency and later criminal offending
- 3.6 Programmed interventions for offenders
- 3.7 Rediscovering recovery and rehabilitation in drug and alcohol services
- 3.8 Rehabilitation of offenders
- 3.9 Risk management
- 3.10 Suicide in prisons
- 3.11 Therapeutic communities
- 3.12 Treatment of sexual offenders
- 3.13 Rehabilitating violent offenders
- 3.14 Victims of terrorism
- Part IV Psychology and criminal behaviour
- Part V Psychology and civil law
- Part VI Special topics
- Part VII Professional practice
- Part VIII Research practice
- Author index
- Subject index
3.14 - Victims of terrorism
from Part III - Interventions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Forensic psychology:
- Part I Psychological underpinnings
- Part II Assessments
- Part III Interventions
- 3.1 Child sexual abuse
- 3.2 Clinical relevance of restorative justice
- 3.3 Crisis negotiation
- 3.4 Parenting programmes
- 3.5 Preventing delinquency and later criminal offending
- 3.6 Programmed interventions for offenders
- 3.7 Rediscovering recovery and rehabilitation in drug and alcohol services
- 3.8 Rehabilitation of offenders
- 3.9 Risk management
- 3.10 Suicide in prisons
- 3.11 Therapeutic communities
- 3.12 Treatment of sexual offenders
- 3.13 Rehabilitating violent offenders
- 3.14 Victims of terrorism
- Part IV Psychology and criminal behaviour
- Part V Psychology and civil law
- Part VI Special topics
- Part VII Professional practice
- Part VIII Research practice
- Author index
- Subject index
Summary
Consideration needs to be given as to whether victims of terrorist attacks can be viewed as having the same kind of psychological injury as victims of other disasters or criminal assaults. This chapter first presents certain specific features that are common to most terrorist attacks, which is followed by various types of interventions for treating victims of terrorist attacks. It discusses the Whalley and Brewin review on the impact on mental health of terrorist attacks; this review concluded that 30-40% of people directly affected by terrorist action are likely to develop PTSD. The chapter discusses some guidelines produced by organizations such as World Health Organization and the NATO, for first responders and healthcare agencies for actions following mass violence or terrorist attacks. It ends with a discussion on the research into psychological interventions for preventing severe psychological disorders. Humanitarian and public health approaches are favoured over an emphasis on psychopathology.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology , pp. 453 - 464Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010