TY - JOUR
T1 - Bioterrorism, stress, and pain
T2 - The importance of an anticipatory community preparedness intervention
AU - Polatin, Peter B.
AU - Young, Mark
AU - Mayer, Maile
AU - Gatchel, Robert
N1 - Funding Information:
Based partially on a Workshop Presentation at the 17th World Congress of Psychosomatic Medicine, August 2003, Maui, HI, led by Mark A. Young MD, MBA, FACP, and Robert Gatchel PhD. The writing of this article was supported, in part, by Grants No. 3R01 MH046452, 2K02 MH1107, and 5R01 DE010713 (from the National Institutes of Health) and Grant No. DAMD17-03-1-0055 (from the Department of Defense). The authors would like to also thank Eli Lilly Pharma for their support.
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - This article reviews the accumulating scientific evidence demonstrating the negative impact caused by a cataclysmic event, such as bioterrorism, on the mental health of a community. Moreover, the potential mental health problems created by the continuing threat of possible future events are discussed. This close link among disaster events, stress, pain, and psychopathology is presented from a biopsychosocial perspective. Although there are now efforts being systematically developed to prepare for possible future biological or chemical terrorism events, there is currently also a critical need for early mental health intervention in response to future attacks to decrease psychiatric sequelae, especially workforce illness and morbidity. In this article, examples of such emergency bioterrorism preparedness, incorporating a major focus on mental health issues, are reviewed. Although these are now recognized needs, there is still not a concerted effort to prepare the population for the mental health sequelae that would be produced by such events.
AB - This article reviews the accumulating scientific evidence demonstrating the negative impact caused by a cataclysmic event, such as bioterrorism, on the mental health of a community. Moreover, the potential mental health problems created by the continuing threat of possible future events are discussed. This close link among disaster events, stress, pain, and psychopathology is presented from a biopsychosocial perspective. Although there are now efforts being systematically developed to prepare for possible future biological or chemical terrorism events, there is currently also a critical need for early mental health intervention in response to future attacks to decrease psychiatric sequelae, especially workforce illness and morbidity. In this article, examples of such emergency bioterrorism preparedness, incorporating a major focus on mental health issues, are reviewed. Although these are now recognized needs, there is still not a concerted effort to prepare the population for the mental health sequelae that would be produced by such events.
KW - Bioterrorism
KW - Mental health
KW - Pain
KW - Preparedness
KW - Stress
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.10.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15992565
AN - SCOPUS:21344469221
SN - 0022-3999
VL - 58
SP - 311
EP - 316
JO - Journal of Psychosomatic Research
JF - Journal of Psychosomatic Research
IS - 4
ER -