Long-Term Consequences of Disasters

摘要: It has become clear that disasters have a negative impact on mental health. To date, virtually all studies using control groups found disaster exposed individuals fare more poorly than their non-exposed peers, at least in the short run. Negative effects also been shown with regard to general health and use of services community. Risk factors for responses these events well-studied. The present report briefly summarizes this literature, as well literature addressing over time adults children. review will focus which examined year. While is actually follow-up, compared to, example, World War II, it likely captures chronic, opposed acute, effects. Next, I note importance context event occurs, some areas may be devastating same type different region. My my colleagues’ work Buffalo Creek disaster, including two second decade follow-ups, described, beginning hypotheses about shift risk outcomes time, depending one’s subgroup, offered. Finally, suggest where research needed better understand time.