Effectively planning for and managing major disasters.
2008; American Psychological Association; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/10887150802371740
ISSN1550-3461
AutoresJohn C. Cavanaugh, Michael G. Gelles, Gilbert Reyes, Cathleen L. Civiello, Mary Zahner,
Tópico(s)Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
ResumoThe impact of recent major disasters has driven home the need for psychologist managers to incorporate disaster planning and planning for continuity of operations into their organizations' strategic planning. As a result, the Society of Psychologists in Management (SPIM) has included key sessions on this topic on the agendas of their annual conferences. This article summarizes a session from the 2007 conference that included a keynote talk by John Cavanaugh, PhD, based on an article previously published in this journal (Cavanaugh, 2006) and his subsequent additional disaster preparation and response experience. The session also included a panel discussion that explored applying and adapting lessons learned from hurricane disasters to other types of disaster situations. Gilbert Reyes, PhD, was invited to participate on this panel because of his renowned expertise in international disaster planning and response. His four volume book on international disaster psychology (Reyes & Jacobs, 2005) provides a thor...
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