Background: Natural disasters are frequently associated with increases in risk factors for suicide, yet research indicates that suicide rates tend to stay the same or decrease in the wake of disasters (e.g., Krug et al., 1999). Aims: The present research ...
Abstract.Background: Associations between nuclear disasters and suicide have been examined to a limited extent. Aim: To clarify the suicide rates in evacuation areas after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, which ...
Abstract.Background: Monitoring of suicide rates in the recovery phase following a devastating disaster has been limited. Aim: We report on a 7-year follow-up of the suicide rates in the area affected by the Great ...
Abstract:Background: People who experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) were expected to have additional levels of psychological burden resulting from the stressful conditions imposed during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; ...
Abstract. This study assesses the impact of temperament and trauma considered as predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms experienced during flood and coal mining accidents. Five samples were studied - one comprised of coal miners who ...
Abstract. Older widowed women in postconflict and postdisaster settings are a potentially vulnerable group due to both exposure to multiple potentially trauma events and ongoing stressors. Drawing from conservation ...
Recent disasters have incited controversy regarding whether and how Western psychology can contribute to postdisaster mental health care across cultures. Drawing from experience implementing a Haitian–United States ...