Table of Contents

Section I: Introduction: Focusing on the Community in the Case of Extreme Stress.- 1. The Community Context of Disaster and Traumatic Stress: An Ecological Perspective from Community Psychology.- Section II: Basic Stress Concepts and Where They Lead in the Study of Community Stress.- 2. Disasters, Stress and Cognition.- 3. Temperament Risk Factor: The Contribution of Temperament to the Consequences of the State of Stress.- 4. Coping with the Loss of a Family Member: Implications for Community-Level Research and Intervention.- 5. Individual and Community Stress: Integration of Approaches at Different Levels.- Section III: Resources to Offset Stress: Applications to the Community Context.- 6. Community Stress and Resources: Actions and Reactions.- 7. Optimistic Self-Beliefs as a Resource Factor in Coping with Stress.- 8. Stress and Social Support.- Section IV: Bridges to Community Stress.- 9. Prevention of the Consequences of Man-Made or Natural Disaster at the (Inter)National, the Community, the Family, and the Individual Level.- 10. The Pathogenic Effects of War Stress: The Israeli Experience.- 11. Stress and Diasaster.- 12. Methodological Issues in Designing Research on Community-Wide Disasters with Special Reference to Chernobyl.- 13. Research Methods and Directions: Establishing the Community Context.- Section V: Long-Term Effects of Community Stress.- 14. Long-Term Consequences of Disasters.- 15. Endurance and Living: Long-Term Effects of the Holocaust.- 16. Reverberation Theory: Stress and Racism in Hierarchically Structured Communities.- 17. Culture, Community and Catastrophe: Issues in Understanding Communities under Difficult Conditions.- Section VI: Prevention and Intervention.- 18. Preventive Psychosocial Intervention after Disaster.- 19. The Treatment of PostTraumatic Stress Disorder.- 20. Strategies of Disaster Intervention for Children and Adolescents.- 21. Catalyzing Community Support.- 22. Prevention and Treatment of Community Stress: How to be a Mental Health Expert at the Time of Disaster.- 23. Intervention Strategies for Emergency Response Groups: A New Conceptual Framework.- Conclusions: Addressing Communities under Extreme Stress.