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Mental Health, Terrorism, and Disaster Response 

Conference date:
October 15, 2003

Conference presented by:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness
MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center

Speakers:
George S. Everly Jr., PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology, Loyola College
Associate Faculty, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Thomas A. Glass, PhD
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology
 

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Topic 1: Mental Health and Disaster Preparedness
Part 1: Psychology of Terrorism (Everly)
Part 2: Acute Crisis Response (Glass)
Part 3: Beyond "Debriefing" (Everly)
Part 4: Care for the Caregivers (Everly)

About the Speakers
Dr. George EverlyGeorge S. Everly Jr., PhD, serves on the faculties of Loyola College in Maryland and The Johns Hopkins University and was distinguished visiting professor, Universidad de Flores (Argentina). Dr. Everly is the non-governmental representative to the United Nations and chairman of the board emeritus for a non-profit United Nations-affiliated public health and safety organization. In addition, he serves on the adjunct faculty of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and was senior research advisor in the Social Development Office, Office of the Amir of Kuwait, State of Kuwait. He is also an advisor to the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong. Prior to these appointments, Dr. Everly was a visiting lecturer in medicine, Harvard Medical School, and chief psychologist and director of behavioral medicine for the Johns Hopkins Homewood Hospital Center.

Dr. Tom GlassThomas A. Glass, PhD, is a social epidemiologist with broad interests in the role of social and behavioral factors in population health. He has conducted research on social support, social networks and social engagement and how they impact health and functioning in older adults. He has been involved in several intervention studies in the general population and in stroke survivors. His recent work explores the characteristics of the built and social environments at a neighborhood level and how they impact a variety of health outcomes, including cognitive function, obesity and depression. He directs the Baltimore Neighborhood Research Consortium for the advancement of neighborhood research in the Baltimore area.

 

 

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