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Psychiatry of Pandemics

A Mental Health Response to Infection Outbreak

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Editors:
  1. Damir Huremović

    1. North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, USA

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  • The first text to tie together psychosomatic medicine and psychiatry in the context of an infectious disease outbreak

  • Written by experts in the field

  • Considers the challenges presented by climate change and emerging infections

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Damir Huremović
    Pages 1-6

  3. Brief History of Pandemics (Pandemics Throughout History)

    • Damir Huremović
    Pages 7-35

  4. Psychology of the Pandemic

    • Sameer Khan, Damir Huremović
    Pages 37-44

  5. Societal, Public, and [Emotional] Epidemiological Aspects of a Pandemic

    • Christy Duan, Howard Linder, Damir Huremović
    Pages 45-53

  6. The Importance of Culture in Managing Mental Health Response to Pandemics

    • Guitelle St. Victor, Saeed Ahmed
    Pages 55-64

  7. Preparing for the Outbreak

    • Damir Huremović
    Pages 65-76

  8. Neuropsychiatric Complications of Infectious Outbreaks

    • Damir Huremović
    Pages 77-84

  9. Social Distancing, Quarantine, and Isolation

    • Damir Huremović
    Pages 85-94

  10. Mental Health of Quarantine and Isolation

    • Damir Huremović
    Pages 95-118

  11. Quarantine and Isolation: Effects on Healthcare Workers

    • Damir Huremović
    Pages 119-125

  12. Mental Health Care for Survivors and Healthcare Workers in the Aftermath of an Outbreak

    • Jacqueline Levin
    Pages 127-141

  13. Mental Health Assistance to Families and Communities in the Aftermath of an Outbreak

    • Jacqueline Levin
    Pages 143-151

  14. Immunization and Vaccination

    • Saira Hussain
    Pages 153-177

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 179-185
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About this book

This book focuses on how to formulate a mental health response with respect to the unique elements of pandemic outbreaks.  Unlike other disaster psychiatry books that isolate aspects of an emergency, this book unifies the clinical aspects of disaster and psychosomatic psychiatry with infectious disease responses at the various levels, making it an excellent resource for tackling each stage of a crisis quickly and thoroughly.  The book begins by contextualizing the issues with a historical and infectious disease overview of pandemics ranging from the Spanish flu of 1918, the HIV epidemic, Ebola, Zika, and many other outbreaks.  The text acknowledges the new infectious disease challenges presented by climate changes and considers how to implement systems to prepare for these issues from an infection and social psyche perspective. The text then delves into the mental health aspects of these crises, including community and cultural responses, emotional epidemiology, and mental health concerns in the aftermath of a disaster. Finally, the text considers medical responses to situation-specific trauma, including quarantine and isolation-associated trauma, the mental health aspects of immunization and vaccination, survivor mental health, and support for healthcare personnel, thereby providing guidance for some of the most alarming trends facing the medical community.


Written by experts in the field, Psychiatry of Pandemics is an excellent resource for infectious disease specialists, psychiatrists, psychologists, immunologists, hospitalists, public health officials, nurses, and medical professionals who may work patients in an infectious disease outbreak.

Reviews

“The unique contribution of this text to the field of communication … . This book would be a useful supplemental text for courses covering health communication, crisis communication, and intercultural communication.” (Lyricc King, Iowa Journal of Communication, Vol. 52 (2), 2020)

Editors and Affiliations

  • North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, USA

    Damir Huremović

About the editor

Damir Huremović, MD, 
North Shore University Hospital
300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030


Damir Huremović is board certified in general psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine through the American Board of Psychiatry/Neurology and Psychosomatic Medicine.  His interests include the mental health aspects of infectious diseases, consultation-liaison services, and integrated care.  He assumed various prestigious roles over the course of his 13 years at Nassau University Medical Center before moving to North Shore University Hospital in 2016.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychiatry of Pandemics

  • Book Subtitle: A Mental Health Response to Infection Outbreak

  • Editors: Damir Huremović

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15346-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15345-8Published: 27 May 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15346-5Published: 15 May 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 185

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Emergency Medicine

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