| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Advances in environmental psychology ; volume 6 |
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Psychology revivals |
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Advances in environmental psychology ; v. 6.
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Psychology revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Part I: Occupational Exposures -- Chapter 1: The Case of Asbestos-Exposed Workers: A Psychological Evaluation -- Rationale for Study -- Study Description -- Conclusions -- Chapter 2: Psychosocial Correlates of Occupational Lead Exposure -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Part II: Non-Occupational Exposures -- Chapter 3: Toxic Exposure and Chronic Stress at Three Mile Island -- Stress -- The Situation at TMI |
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Evidence of Stress -- Conclusions -- Chapter 4: Psychopathological Consequences of Exposure to Toxins in the Water Supply -- Characteristics of the Disaster -- Major Hypotheses of the Study -- Method of the Study -- Results -- Discussion of the Results -- Chapter 5: Assessing the Impact of Hazardous Waste Facilities: Psychology, Politics, and Environmental Impact Statements -- Site Selection -- ADHS Pull-Out and Revision of the Survey -- Discussion -- The Role of Psychology -- Chapter 6: Predictors of Psychological Distress in the Community Following Two Toxic Chemical Incidents |
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Overview of the Toxic Exposure Incidents -- The Samples -- Descriptions of the Measures -- Results -- The Factors That Lead to Psychological Distress After a Toxic Exposure Event -- Chapter 7: Threats to People and What They Value: Residents' Perceptions of the Hazards of Love Canal -- Methods -- Findings -- Summary and Concluding Comments -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Summary |
Increasingly frequent environmental exposures to hazardous substances present mental health professionals with groups and at times communities of people, faced with high levels of psychological threat. As a result of an increasingly industrial and technological society, a new type of group cohort has emerged - individuals exposed to hazardous substances that present the possibility of immediate and chronic threats to their health and their families' health. Although the medical sequalae to such exposure had been established, little attention had been paid to the mental health issues or to possible integrated psychophysiological consequences. Originally published in 1986, this book focuses on reactions to exposure to toxic substances as well as some predictors of response in groups faced with increased medical risk subsequent to some of the most common and hazardous toxic exposures found at the time: radiation, toxic waste, asbestos, lead, contaminated water, and toxic chemical fire and leak |
| Notes |
"First published in 1986 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Allen H. Lebovits, Andrew Baum, Jerome E. Singer |
| Subject |
Behavioral toxicology.
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Hazardous substances -- Toxicology
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Hazardous substances -- Psychological aspects
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PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
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Hazardous substances -- Toxicology
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Behavioral toxicology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lebovits, Allen H., editor
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Baum, Andrew, editor
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Singer, Jerome E., editor
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| ISBN |
1000089703 |
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9781000089707 |
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9781003047780 |
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1003047785 |
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1000089363 |
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9781000089516 |
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1000089517 |
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9781000089363 |
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