Luísa Sales (Org.)

Synopsis

The Psychiatry Service of the Coimbra Military Hospital (HMR2) has been dedicating special attention to Traumatic Stress for years (both in the area of Diagnosis and Therapy and in the area of Research).

But dealing with the clinical manifestations of the disease inevitably raises the issue of Prevention - how to prevent becoming ill?

Thus, the knowledge and the discussion of preventive policies in the area of Traumatic Stress and of Crisis Intervention strategies were imposed as growing motivations and determined the organisation of the Meeting on Disaster Psychiatry and Crisis Intervention, of which this book is a record for future memory.

How to prevent Disasters? How to act in the Crisis? How to mitigate the consequences of Trauma? How to safeguard the vulnerability of the technicians in the field? We have sought answers to these questions by bringing together leading personalities from different areas of knowledge. We now share them with you through this publication, with the aim of stimulating calm reflection, open conclusions and fruitful learning.