Recent years have seen remarkable improvements in survival training and technology, yet most people still perish quickly in the face of adversity. This book considers the psychology of human survival: how groups and individuals behave before, during and after life-threatening events. Both short- and long-term survival are addressed as well as the psychological consequences of hunger, thirst, cold, heat, crowding, isolation, fatigue and sleep deprivation. The essence of this work is distilled into a set of principles for psychological first-aid for use in the field.
- ISBN10 0333518543
- ISBN13 9780333518540
- Publish Date 15 September 1994 (first published 5 September 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 June 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 232
- Language English