Anand Pandya, MD is the cofounder of Disaster Psychiatry Outreach in Brooklyn, New York, and a National Institute of Mental Health-funded researcher on the predictors of depression in survivors of disasters. He has won numerous awards for his work in the field. He is a coeditor of two award-winning books on disaster psychiatry and author of numerous articles and book chapters on disaster psychiatry and mental health advocacy. He previously served on the board of directors of the Menninger Clinic in Houston, Texas, and he has served two terms as president of NAMI. Pandya was retained as an expert consultant to NAMI to coauthor this publication.
While most government agencies are trained in how to react to a mass casualty event such as a terrorist attack or natural disaster, few are prepared to deal with the psychological fallout for first responders. Preparing for the Unimaginable fills that void. This book is the product...
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