News tagged with natural disasters
Review: Few effective, evidence-based interventions for children exposed to traumatic events
About two of every three children will experience at least one traumatic event before they turn 18. Despite this high rate of exposure, little is known about the effectiveness of treatments aimed at preventing and relieving ...
Pediatrics
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Disasters can prompt older children to be more giving, younger children to be more selfish
(Medical Xpress)—A natural disaster can bring out the best in older children, prompting 9-year-olds to be more willing to share, while 6-year-olds become more selfish. Researchers at the University of Toronto, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 30, 2013 |
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Fungus responsible for five deaths in the wake of massive tornado
A fast growing, flesh-eating fungus killed 5 people following a massive tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., according to two new studies based on genomic sequencing by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 14, 2012 |
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Flesh-eating fungal infection can follow natural disasters, study finds
(HealthDay)—After a natural disaster, doctors should be on the lookout for outbreaks of a rare but deadly "flesh-eating" fungal infection, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Children's preexisting symptoms influence their reactions to disaster coverage on TV
After a natural disaster occurs, we often find ourselves glued to the TV, seeking out details about the extent of the damage and efforts at recovery. While research has shown that exposure to this kind of coverage is associated ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 05, 2012 |
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Repeated exposure to traumatic images may be harmful to health
(Medical Xpress)—Repeated exposure to violent images from the terrorist attacks of Sept ember 11 and the Iraq War led to an increase in physical and psychological ailments in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Scientists discover dissociative subtype of post-traumatic stress disorder
A recent study by Erika J. Wolf, PhD, and Principal Investigator Mark W. Miller, PhD, both from the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System and Department of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Post-traumatic stress disorder genes identified: Findings could lead to targeted therapies
Why do some persons succumb to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others who suffered the same ordeal do not? A new UCLA study may shed light on the answer.
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Apr 02, 2012 |
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Memory-enhancing drug may improve exposure therapy for PTSD patients
A memory-enhancing drug may improve the speed and effectiveness of prolonged exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients, according to a new pilot study by psychologists at The University of Texas ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Shock and recall: Negative emotion may enhance memory, study finds
(Medical Xpress) -- Picture a menacing drill sergeant, a gory slaughterhouse, a devastating scene of a natural disaster. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found that viewing such emotion-laden ...
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Jun 20, 2011 |
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Weather worries can threaten a child's mental health
(HealthDay)—The monstrous tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., on Monday, killing dozens of adults and children, is a stunning example of violent weather that can affect a child's mental well-being.
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 21, 2013 |
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Most effective PTSD therapies are not being widely used, researchers find
Post-traumatic stress disorder affects nearly 8 million adults in any given year, federal statistics show. Fortunately, clinical research has identified certain psychological interventions that effectively ameliorate the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Explainer: What is post-traumatic stress disorder?
People have probably always known about the psychological effects of experiencing life-threatening events such as military combat, natural disasters, or violent assault. Literature through the ages – some ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 22, 2013 |
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States lagging in emergency preparedness, report shows
(HealthDay)—While significant progress has been made in the past 10 years, many states still fall short in their preparedness for public health emergencies such as disease outbreaks, natural disasters and ...
Health
Dec 19, 2012 |
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Study finds the cheapest emergency food to stockpile
(Medical Xpress)—Storage foods for an emergency such as an earthquake that meet all daily energy requirements can cost as little as $2.22 per day according to a new study by the University of Otago, Wellington. The identified ...
Health
Dec 13, 2012 |
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Natural disaster
A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g. flood, volcanic eruption, earthquake, or landslide) that affects the environment, and leads to financial, environmental and/or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the capacity of the population to support or resist the disaster, and their resilience. This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability." A natural hazard will hence never result in a natural disaster in areas without vulnerability, e.g. strong earthquakes in uninhabited areas. The term natural has consequently been disputed because the events simply are not hazards or disasters without human involvement.
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