Course Information

Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
DISASTER PHYSICOLOGY	BAD138	2. Semester	2 + 0	2.0	2.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Associate's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Ayşe ÜTÜK
Assistants
Goals	The aim of this course is to enable the students to learn the basics of disaster psychology in general terms and understand the disaster and emergency psychology.
Course Content	Introduction to disaster and emergency psychology; disaster and trauma; the nature of traumatic life events; psychosocial context; post-disaster psychosocial intervention program; characteristics and types of disasters and traumatic life events; stages affecting society of disaster and traumatic life events; reactions of individuals against disasters; reactions of individuals against disasters and approaches of emergency workers against that reactions; post-traumatic stress disorder, unusual reactions observed immediately after the traumatic event; the relationship between earthquake and posttraumatic stress disorder; recommendations for attendant and voluntary in disaster areas; characteristics that should be the person to help the victims; psychological first aid; recommendations to volunteers and non-experts for psychological first aid; loss and grief; posttraumatic growth; the ripple effect of trauma.
Learning Outcomes	1) Develops the ability to print with emergency situations that threaten life. 2) Can organize, promote, and administer search and rescue missions. 3) Have physical and spiritual durability.