After a disaster, population mental health generally improves, but an increase in mental health problems often follows, potentially peaking years later, according to a systematic review and ...

Navigating a natural disaster can be challenging, but you can look after your mental health by giving yourself time to adjust, limiting your news consumption, and reaching out for support.

Natural disasters drastically affect human lives—destroying homes, separating families, leading to disruption of daily routines, which affects their stability. While emergency mental health responses ...

Across Australia, communities are grappling with climate disasters that are striking more frequently and with greater intensity. Bushfires, floods and cyclones are no longer one-off events. And this ...

There’s the initial shock and chaos in a collective disaster like the deadly and destructive California wildfires. What to take and what to leave behind when ordered to evacuate? Will your house still ...

In the coming months hundreds upon hundreds of mental health professionals will flood Haiti, eager to tend to the psychologically wounded victims... Mental Health Disaster Relief Not Always Clear Cut ...

People who have experienced natural disasters can access the Bounce Back Now app for symptom management tools that are designed to have short- (e.g., relaxation- or mindfulness-based) and long-term (e ...

Ten years ago today, Bangladesh launched its Mental Health First Aid program. One focus was on reducing disaster impacts, further contributing to Bangladesh’s internationally renowned successes at ...

Natural disasters can create a devastating loss of property, community, and life. Floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, tsunamis, and more can leave you feeling hopeless, scared, and like ...