Disasters such as flood, earthquake, war and conflict will cause psychological distress to the victims. Psycho-spiritual support plays an important role in coping with stressful experiences. Unfortunately, in any disasters or calamities, psycho-spiritual consequences are given less emphasis compared to material losses. To date, the extent of psychological and psychiatric morbidity that may have been a consequence has been studied only to a limited extent. Research on the effectiveness of psychospiritual supports to prevent or address such problem is even more limited. Therefore, this research is carried out to critically analyse the existing psycho-spiritual support model for disaster victims. The study adopts an exploratory qualitative approach using library research. Findings of this research show that there are variety models of psycho-spiritual support system used in dealing with disaster victims. However, there are some loopholes found, the most important is the absence of comprehensive religious-based model that can be referred. The study suggests that since religion could serve as a psychological and social resource for coping with psychological problems of the disaster victims, it should be taken into consideration in treating the victims.
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