Beyond Becquerel and Sievert: Mental health and psychosocial support before, during and after radiation emergencies

Environ Adv. 2022 Jul:8:None. doi: 10.1016/j.envadv.2022.100216.

Authors

Margriet Blaauw¹, Zhanat Carr², Brandon Gray³, Fahmy Hanna³

Affiliations

¹ Consultant mental health and psychosocial support, the Netherlands.
² Radiation and Health Unit, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization, the Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: Disaster preparedness; Disaster response; Nuclear accident; Radiation emergency; “Mental Health and Psychosocial Support”.

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International