scholarly journals Why Family Communication Matters: the Role of Co-rumination and Topic Avoidance in Understanding Post-Disaster Mental Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 1511-1524
Author(s):  
Erika D. Felix ◽  
Tamara D. Afifi ◽  
Sean M. Horan ◽  
Haley Meskunas ◽  
Adam Garber
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Disaster Mental Health ◽  
Topic Avoidance ◽  
Post Disaster

Social organizational stressors and post-disaster mental health disturbances: A longitudinal study

2014 ◽  
Vol 219 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter G. van der Velden ◽  
Mark W.G. Bosmans ◽  
Stefan Bogaerts ◽  
Marc J.P.M. van Veldhoven
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Disaster Mental Health ◽  
Organizational Stressors ◽  
Social Organizational ◽  
Post Disaster

scholarly journals “We can help ourselves”: does community resilience buffer against the negative impact of flooding on mental health?

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 2371-2384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torsten Masson ◽  
Sebastian Bamberg ◽  
Michael Stricker ◽  
Anna Heidenreich
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Disaster Mental Health ◽  
Stress Buffering ◽  
Buffering Effect ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Post Disaster

Abstract. Empirical evidence of the relationship between social support and post-disaster mental health provides support for a general beneficial effect of social support (main-effect model; Wheaton, 1985). From a theoretical perspective, a buffering effect of social support on the negative relationship between disaster-related stress and mental health also seems plausible (stress-buffering model; Wheaton, 1985). Previous studies, however, (a) have paid less attention to the buffering effect of social support and (b) have mainly relied on interpersonal support (but not collective-level support such as community resilience) when investigating this issue. This previous work might have underestimated the effect of support on post-disaster mental health. Building on a sample of residents in Germany recently affected by flooding (N=118), we show that community resilience to flooding (but not general interpersonal social support) buffered against the negative effects of flooding on post-disaster mental health. The results support the stress-buffering model and call for a more detailed look at the relationship between support and resilience and post-disaster adjustment, including collective-level variables.

Using Ethnographic Methods in the Selection of Post-Disaster, Mental Health Interventions

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Bolton ◽  
Alice M. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Disaster Mental Health ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Mental Health Interventions ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThis paper describes a short, ethnographic study approach for understanding how people from non-Western cultures think about mental health and mental health problems, and the rationale for using such an approach in designing and implementing mental health interventions during and after disasters. It describes how the resulting data can contribute to interventions that are more acceptable to local people, and therefore, more effective and sustainable through improved community support.

scholarly journals Sample and design considerations in post-disaster mental health needs assessment tracking surveys

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S6-S20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald C. Kessler ◽  
Terence M. Keane ◽  
Robert J. Ursano ◽  
Ali Mokdad ◽  
Alan M. Zaslavsky
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Disaster Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Health Needs Assessment ◽  
Design Considerations ◽  
Post Disaster

scholarly journals The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in nurses in the pre-hospital emergency syste

Rescue Press ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Walter De Luca ◽  
Yari Barnabino ◽  
Flavio Gheri ◽  
Enrico Lucenti
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Disaster Mental Health ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Hospital Emergency ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Respiratory Assistance ◽  
The Impact

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the crucial role of nurses and their commitment to their work in facing the situation. Italy has seen a substantial increase in the number of requests for respiratory assistance, and nurses employed on emergency vehicles have been overwhelmed by the situation, with psychological and physical repercussions such as depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disease (PTSD). The study aims to assess the impact of the pandemic on nurses in the Local Emergency System (SET). Method Depression and PTSD via “Screening Questionnaire for Disaster Mental Health”. The questionnaire was distributed among Italian SET nurses with non-probability sampling between 1 December 2020 and 31 January 2021. Results A total of 441 Italian nurses participated in the study, with an average age of 43.28 years (SD ± 9.38) and average working experience in EMS of 11.68 years (SD ± 7.98). 6.12% of the participants worked in an Operations Centre (CO), 72.34% worked in local emergency services and 21.54% worked in both settings. 17.01% of the sample were at high risk for PTSD and 15.65% for depression.

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