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Specifically, flood and storm related PTSD are observed frequently for people residing in low and middle income areas impacted by climate disasters. [12] Other vulnerable groups to extreme weather mental health effects include the economically disadvantaged, elderly, disabled, prisoners, substance abusers, and children. [13]
A swift response by authorities to restore a sense of order and security can substantially reduce the risk of any long term psychological impact for most people. Though individuals who already had mental ill health, especially psychosis , can need intensive care, which can be challenging to deliver if local mental health services were disrupted ...
Psychological first aid (PFA) is a technique designed to reduce the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder. It was developed by the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (NC-PTSD), a section of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , in 2006.
Some of the psychological impacts require no form of treatment at all, and can even be positive: for example, worry about climate change can be positively related to information-seeking and to a sense of being able to influence such problems. [39] One way to combat eco-anxiety is through beliefs about the effectiveness of personal actions. [40]
The negative effects of normalcy bias can be combated through the four stages of disaster response: [18] preparation, including publicly acknowledging the possibility of disaster and forming contingency plans. warning, including issuing clear, unambiguous, and frequent warnings and helping the public to understand and believe them.
The potential for significant psychological sequelae after indirect exposure to oil spills and other environmental disasters has been well documented. These parallel the psychological distress associated with direct disaster exposure and include symptoms of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder [26]
The psychological impacts of climate change concerns effects that climate change can have on individuals' mental and emotional well-being. People experience a wide range of emotions as they grapple with the challenge of climate change between their short-term self-interest and their longer-term community interests.
Many studies in the field of sociology of disaster focus on the link between social solidarity and the vulnerabilities exposed by disasters. Scholarship in this field has observed how such events can produce both social solidarity [5] [6] and social conflict, [7] [8] and more importantly, expose inequalities inherent in the social order by exponentially exacerbating its effects.