TY - CHAP
T1 - Perceived meaning and disaster mental health
T2 - A role for logotherapy in clinical-disaster psychology
AU - Schulenberg, Stefan E.
AU - Drescher, Christopher F.
AU - Baczwaski, Brandy J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Disaster mental health, also known as clinical-disaster psychology, is an emerging area of interest among researchers and clinicians as it is important to understand the impact disaster events have on an individual’s mental health. Research within disaster events is necessary to allow researchers and clinicians to be better prepared for future disaster. Logotherapy is a meaning-based approach developed by Viktor Frankl that fits well with clinical-disaster psychology. Logotherapy assists disaster survivors in developing a sense of personal meaning as well as promoting posttraumatic growth. This chapter serves to provide a background in the areas of disaster mental health and logotherapy. Additionally, examples of personal experiences in research and practice in the field of clinical-disaster psychology, with the incorporation of logotherapeutic concepts, are shared.
AB - Disaster mental health, also known as clinical-disaster psychology, is an emerging area of interest among researchers and clinicians as it is important to understand the impact disaster events have on an individual’s mental health. Research within disaster events is necessary to allow researchers and clinicians to be better prepared for future disaster. Logotherapy is a meaning-based approach developed by Viktor Frankl that fits well with clinical-disaster psychology. Logotherapy assists disaster survivors in developing a sense of personal meaning as well as promoting posttraumatic growth. This chapter serves to provide a background in the areas of disaster mental health and logotherapy. Additionally, examples of personal experiences in research and practice in the field of clinical-disaster psychology, with the incorporation of logotherapeutic concepts, are shared.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4939-0308-5_15
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4939-0308-5_15
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84925632878
SN - 9781493903078
SP - 251
EP - 268
BT - Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology
PB - Springer New York
ER -
