Disaster Mental Health Community Planning by Robert W. Schmidt Sharon L. Cohen

Author:Robert W. Schmidt, Sharon L. Cohen [Robert W. Schmidt, Sharon L. Cohen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Psychology, Psychotherapy, General, Psychopathology, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
ISBN: 9781000038118
Google: kVTYDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-03-23T05:00:54+00:00

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6

Natural and Human-Caused Disasters

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A. Natural Disasters

B. Human-Made/Caused Tragedies

C. Mass Violence (Deliberate Disasters)

Disasters, also called calamities and catastrophes, often involve extreme forces of nature like earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Natural disasters struck long before modern humans inhabited the planet and will likely continue as long as Earth exists. They can hit at any time and in any place, building slowly or occurring suddenly without warning. These events may have different characteristics and impacts, but they also have a common element, which is their severity. An emergency is a calamitous event that can typically be handled by a community alone; a disaster normally requires external support as well due to increased severity. In both cases, injury and loss of life are possible outcomes.

Sometimes human actions cause disaster or contribute to loss of property and lives that may have been avoidable. These human-caused disasters have changed along with the evolution of human culture and technology. Some of these human-caused disasters are due to human error or carelessness, and others are from intentional acts of violence and cruelty or to make a political statement.

Providing proper mental healthcare to those involved in a catastrophic event is a complex undertaking. This is especially true because people may react and be impacted very differently by a horrifying situation, so they may react and be impacted very differently depending on the type of disaster.

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