Converging data would indicate the existence of possible relationships between climate
change, environmental pollution and epidemics/pandemics, such as the current one due to …

Earthquakes are among the most impressive natural phenomena with very high potential to
set off a chain of effects that significantly affects public health through casualties and injuries …

Objectives Climate change will bring more frequent, long lasting and severe adverse
weather events and these changes will affect mental health. We propose an explanatory …

The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date
overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st …

The first trigger to any form of personal and collective change begins with emotions. They
influence whether and how our attention is drawn to stimuli, how we reflect upon those …

Disaster mental health is based on the principles of 'preventive medicine'This principle has
necessitated a paradigm shift from relief centered post-disaster management to a holistic …

Social support is a known protective factor against the negative psychological impact of
natural disasters. Most past research has examined how the effects of exposure to traumatic …

BackgroundThere is considerable interest in understanding further the factors that increase
the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for military personnel. This study aimed to …

The climate crisis poses a serious threat to the health and well-being of individuals. For
many, climate change knowledge is derived from indirect exposure to information …

OBJECTIVE: To measure the incidence and impact of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
in a cohort of 70 subjects with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). METHODS …