Disaster Mental Health Risk Reduction: Appraising Disaster Mental Health Research as If Risk Mattered

Lennart Reifels; Michel L A Dückers

doi:10.3390/ijerph20115923

Disaster Mental Health Risk Reduction: Appraising Disaster Mental Health Research as If Risk Mattered

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 May 23;20(11):5923. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20115923.

Authors

Lennart Reifels¹, Michel L A Dückers^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
² Nivel-Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, 3513 CR Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³ ARQ Centre of Expertise for the Impact of Disasters and Crises, 1112 XE Diemen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, 9712 CP Groningen, The Netherlands.

Abstract

The globally increasing frequency, intensity, and complexity of extreme climatic events and disasters poses significant challenges for the future health and wellbeing of affected populations around the world [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Disaster Planning*
Disasters*
Mental Health
Risk Reduction Behavior