Trauma-informed psychological supports when natural disasters come

Natural calamities like earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornados, and cyclones, flooding, extreme temperature, wildfires destroy life and environment. The victims of natural calamities face economic and social crisis in addition to the loss of dear ones. This chapter will focus on th...

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Main Author: Williams, York (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Victimology
Year: 2022, Pages: 169-195
Online Access: lizenzpflichtig
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Keywords:
Psychisches Trauma
Naturkatastrophe
Sekundäre Traumatisierung
Natural Disaster
Trauma
Compassion fatigue
trauma informed care
vicarious trauma
psychological first aid
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Summary:Natural calamities like earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornados, and cyclones, flooding, extreme temperature, wildfires destroy life and environment. The victims of natural calamities face economic and social crisis in addition to the loss of dear ones. This chapter will focus on the psychological reactions through a trauma lens of the victims when faces natural calamities and psychological aids to be provided. The chapter will also deal with the stages and reactions of counsellors or volunteers at natural calamity sites, and psychological precautions and interventions to be taken care to prevent the vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout. It will also describe the individual and group therapies and rehabilitation at individual and community levels.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 191-195
ISBN:9783031129292
DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-12930-8_9