Psychology in Action: Community Disasters: Primary Prevention and Treatment in a Health Maintenance Organization.

Sank, Lawrence I.

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Publication Date: 1979-Apr

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Psychology in Action: Community Disasters: Primary Prevention and Treatment in a Health Maintenance Organization.

Sank, Lawrence I.

American Psychologist, v34 n4 p334-38 Apr 1979

This article examines the treatment services provided the hostages of the Hanafi Muslims in Washington, D.C. in March 1977. The symptoms of the hostages covered a wide spectrum of modalities and differed in severity and persistence. Treatment interventions followed a primary prevention model using a broad-spectrum behavioral group approach. (Author/MC)

Descriptors: Counseling Services, Crisis Intervention, Delivery Systems, Emotional Problems, Group Therapy, Intervention, Mental Health Programs, Prevention, Program Descriptions, Psychological Patterns, Responses

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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