Geriatric Mental Health Disaster and Emergency Preparedness

406 Index
APA. See American Psychiatric Association
Aromatherapy, 217, 222
Art therapy, 219
ASD. See Acute stress disorder
Ashwagandha, 224
Asian Americans, spirituality of, 229
Assessment, comprehensive/
individualized, 176 –181
baseline/normalization of,
176 –177
complexity of, 177
domains of, 179
hierarchy of needs from, 183 –184
for postdisaster symptoms, 185 –189
pre-event/event/post-event contributions
to, 177
for resilience, 181
symptom interventions derived from,
179
Avoidance, in PTSD, 333 – 334
B
Barr, H., 250
Bayer College of Medicine, 371
Beck, A. T., 303
Beem, E. E., 304
Behavioral disturbances, 284 – 292
affective disorder as, 288
alcohol/substance use as, 290 – 291
ASD as, 279 –280, 288 –290
assessment of, 280 –281
baseline change and, 284 –285
clinical presentation of, 285
delirium as, 279 – 280, 286 – 287
history/mental status examination and,
283
personality disorders as, 292
schizophrenia/chronic mental illness as,
291– 292
Behavioral interventions, for postdisaster
symptoms, 188
Benzodiazepines, 191
impairments caused by, 13 –14
treatment regulation of, 19
Bereavement, 297– 313
Aberfan and, 310
caregivers response to, 299
cognitive/rational-emotive/interpersonal
therapy for, 303
during disasters, 21
EBP for, 304 – 305
grief counseling and, 303 – 304
Holocaust survivors and, 308 – 309
ICD-10 on, 298
litigation and, 307– 308, 311
manual-based psychotherapy for,
304 – 305
medication and, 302, 303 – 304
mental health workers role in, 298 –299
mourning length and, 303
PTSD v., 297–298
severity/poignancy assessment of,
305 – 307
symptoms of, 299 – 302
Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life
(Parkes), 298
Bibliotherapy, 219
Biologically based therapies, 214
Bioterrorism and Emergency
Preparedness in Aging
Collaborative (BTEPA), 58
Bowling alone: the collapse and revival of
American community (Putnam), 164
Brooklyn VA Medical Center, 317– 318,
322, 335–338
BTEPA. See Bioterrorism and Emergency
Preparedness in Aging Collaborative
Building a Global Framework to Address
the Needs and Contributions of Older
People in Emergencies , 91
Buspirone, 17
Byrne, C. M., 213
C
CAM. See Complementary and alternative
medicine
The Canadian Disaster Database, 83
Canadian disaster research, 85 – 86,
100 –101
The Canadian Emergency Management
and High-Risk Populations Study
(Canadian Red Cross), 89
Canadian national model of geriatric
disaster preparedness, 83 –101
academic initiatives for, 92 –96
building capacity for, 100 –101
Canadian disaster research on, 85 – 86
Canadian Red Cross study on, 89 – 90