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Chapter 10 - The Differing Challenges Posed by Big Bang, Rising Tide, and Longer-Term Incidents Affecting Local and Dispersed Populations

from Section 1 - The Nature and Impacts of Twenty-First-Century Healthcare Emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2024

By
Chris R Brewin ,
Kate Allsopp ,
Talya Greene  and
Richard Williams
Edited by
Richard Williams ,
Verity Kemp ,
Keith Porter ,
Tim Healing  and
John Drury
Richard Williams
Affiliation:
University of South Wales
Verity Kemp
Affiliation:
Independent Health Emergency Planning Consultant
Keith Porter
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Tim Healing
Affiliation:
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
John Drury
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
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Summary

The aim of this chapter is to provide a conceptual overview for emergency planners and responders of the different patterns of emergencies, incidents, disasters, and disease outbreaks (EIDD) and the challenges that they pose for mounting a mental health response. Issues covered include anticipating who is affected, where they are located, and how they can be identified and contacted, as well as other implications for public health and clinical services.

Keywords

Big Bang incidentsimplementationlonger-term and recurrent incidentsplanningrising tide incidents
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Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks
 , pp. 49 - 57
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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