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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Recent disasters in Sri Lanka: Lessons learned |
Author: | Somasundaram, D. |
Citation: | Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2013; 36(3):321-338 |
Publisher: | W B Saunders Co |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 0193-953X 1558-3147 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Daya Somasundaram |
Abstract: | Sri Lanka has faced several disasters in the recent past, both manmade and natural. The mental health and psychosocial consequences have been felt at the individual, family, and collective levels. Individuals developed normal distress, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, or alcohol abuse. There were changes in family and social processes causing a tearing of the social fabric, lack of social cohesion, disconnection, mistrust, hopelessness, dependency, lack of motivation, powerlessness, and despondency. Because of the widespread nature of mental health needs, a community approach would reach the most number of people. |
Keywords: | Collective trauma Community approaches Disaster Tsunami War |
Rights: | Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.psc.2013.05.001 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2013.05.001 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Psychiatry publications |
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