Improved social services and the burden of post-traumatic stress disorder among economically vulnerable people after a natural disaster: a modelling study

Improved social services and the burden of post-traumatic stress disorder among economically vulnerable people after a natural disaster: a modelling study

Summary: Background: Hurricanes and other natural disasters produce public health and economic consequences that last well beyond their immediate aftermath. Resource loss is a core driver of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after large-scale traumatic events. We examined the effect of restorat...

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Main Authors: Gregory H Cohen, MPhil, Shailesh Tamrakar, MS, Sarah Lowe, PhD, Laura Sampson, BA, Catherine Ettman, BA, Dean Kilpatrick, ProfPhD, Benjamin P Linas, MD, Kenneth Ruggiero, ProfPhD, Sandro Galea, ProfMD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:The Lancet Planetary Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519619300129

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