Journalists under fire : the psychological hazards of covering war

Outstanding Academic Title for 2007, Choice Magazine As journalists in Iraq and other hot spots around the world continue to face harrowing dangers and personal threats, neuropsychiatrist Anthony Feinstein offers a timely and important exploration into the psychological damage of those who, armed on...

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1. Verfasser: Feinstein, Anthony
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2006
Ausgabe:1
Schlagworte:
Journalism
Journalism > Case Reports
Journalists
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Media
Mental stress
Neuroses
Neuroses > Case studies
Occupations
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post-traumatic stress disorder > Case studies
PSYCHOLOGY
Psychopathology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic > psychology > Case Reports
Trauma
War
War > Case Reports
War > Psychological aspects
War correspondents
War correspondents > Mental health > Case studies
Working conditions
ISBN:0801884411, 9780801884412, 0801889359, 9780801889356
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  • Contents Foreword Acknowledgments 1 A Hazardous Profession 2 Danger’s Troubled Legacy: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder 3 Why Take the Risks? 4 Depression, Drink, and Drugs 5 Freelance War Journalists 6 War, Women, Wives, and Widows 7 Domestic Journalists and Urban Terror: The Aftermath of September 11 8 The Iraq War: In Bed with the Military Afterword Suggested Reading Index Cover Frontmatter
  • Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 A Hazardous Profession -- 2 Danger's Troubled Legacy: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder -- 3 Why Take the Risks? -- 4 Depression, Drink, and Drugs -- 5 Freelance War Journalists -- 6 War, Women, Wives, and Widows -- 7 Domestic Journalists and Urban Terror: The Aftermath of September 11 -- 8 The Iraq War: In Bed with the Military -- Afterword -- Suggested Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z