Abstract In January 2010, Haiti experienced a phenomenon no living Haitian had ever
known. A devastating earthquake of 7.0 magnitude ravaged the already destitute island …

Background: Identifying individuals at risk for mental health problems after a disaster often
involves assessing potentially traumatic exposures inherent to the disaster. Survivors of …

Background In 2008, a devastating earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale struck
Wenchuan, China. Following this disaster, several studies were conducted which assessed …

Exposure to natural disasters predisposes individuals to significant physical and mental
health consequences. Research identifies a number of stressors important to determining …

Highlights•This is the only study of Hurricane Harvey to use a natural experiment with a
probability sample.•Following the storm, residents experienced an increase of 1.12 days a …

The 12 January 2010 Haiti earthquake resulted in some of the most significant social
impacts from an earthquake in recent decades. In early March, an Earthquake Engineering …

We finally arrived in Deschapelle, Haiti. We had been travelling for 12 hours from Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic, the main entrance point for most relief efforts, because the …

Objectives. Hurricane Katrina's impact on public health has been significant and
multifaceted, with trauma-related psychological sequelae likely to result in a sizable burden …

Background Whereas natural disasters more commonly occur in low-income countries,
almost all studies on psychological consequences have been conducted in the Western …

Purpose This study was to analyze the mental health status of the adults from the areas
struck by the Wenchuan earthquake, to understand the factors that may have impact on their …