Bisson, Jonathan I.  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5170-1243
2024.
Mental healthcare required by people who are affected by major incidents and pandemics: lessons from research.
Williams, Richard, Kemp, Verity, Porter, Keith, Healing, Tim and Drury, John, eds.
Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health: The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks,
Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press,
pp. 213-222.
(10.1017/9781009019330.031)
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Abstract
Although many people will experience a mental health reaction to major incidents and pandemics, only a minority of people affected are likely to require mental healthcare. Most people will not develop a mental disorder, but common conditions will be precipitated, such as adjustment disorders, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance use disorders. Other conditions include complex PTSD, prolonged grief disorder, psychosis, somatic symptom disorders, and neuropsychiatric consequences of infection in pandemics. The evidence for the prevention of mental disorders through formal interventions is very limited, and contrasts with strong evidence for effective treatments. In order to provide optimal care following major incidents and pandemics a biopsychosocial framework is appropriate, with mental health service provision being part of a whole system approach. A seamless, person-centred mental healthcare pathway for those affected would probably involve first responders, primary care, secondary physical care, the third sector, and social care.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Medicine Research Institutes & Centres > National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISBN: | 9781009011211 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Aug 2025 14:01 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180512 |
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