Psychological distress following a natural disaster : a one-year follow-up of 98 flood victims.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: JUL 1983Description: 8p., 3 tabs, 8 refsSubject: Nighty-eight individuals rendered homeless by flooding of the Mississippi were interviewed shortly after the disaster and one year later. Data included demographic information, severity of property damage, personal reactions to the disaster, and the 20-item Mental Status Index, a symptom checklist designed to quantify emotional stress. Although vicitms continued to show effects of the disaster after 12 months, none developed a major mental illness for the first time. Findings of this and similar follow-up studies suggest that the most appropriate and cost effective role for the mental health worker in times of natural disaster is that of consultant in crisis management to primary caregivers such as family physicians, clergy, and full-time disaster personnel.
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Reprinted from Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 11., July 1983, pp269-276
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Nighty-eight individuals rendered homeless by flooding of the Mississippi were interviewed shortly after the disaster and one year later. Data included demographic information, severity of property damage, personal reactions to the disaster, and the 20-item Mental Status Index, a symptom checklist designed to quantify emotional stress. Although vicitms continued to show effects of the disaster after 12 months, none developed a major mental illness for the first time. Findings of this and similar follow-up studies suggest that the most appropriate and cost effective role for the mental health worker in times of natural disaster is that of consultant in crisis management to primary caregivers such as family physicians, clergy, and full-time disaster personnel.
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