Family context of mental health risk in Tsunami affected mothers: Findings from a pilot study in Sri Lanka

Climate change and mental health: a causal pathways framework

“…Consistent with pathways models of mental health, PTSD is sensitive to a range of exposure and predisposing social and emotional factors, with young people particularly vulnerable (Salcioglu et al 2007). In addition to the development of severe anxiety disorders, traumatic exposures can also cause reactions ranging from general somatic and mental health problems, followed by resilient recovery to several types of enduring, severe psychopathology (Norris et al 2002), as well as loss of resources (Freedy et al 1994) and substantial psychological distress (Beaudoin 2007;Wickrama and Wickrama 2008).…”

Psychological Distress among Adolescents in Chengdu, Sichuan at 1 Month after the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake

“…10 Previous studies identified a number of factors in association with mental health status of people living in proximity to a disaster site, including severity of the disaster, level of exposure to the disaster, human and material loss to the family, perceived social support, adversity experienced by one's family members and/or acquaintance, personal links with someone living in the affected areas, whether one experienced the disaster in solitude, and one's proximity to the epicenter of the disasters. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] In addition, viewing television images of disasters exacerbate PTSD and depression among persons directly affected by disasters. 19 Though no casualties or damaged buildings were reported in the downtown area of Chengdu, the capital city of the Sichuan Province, the city is only about 90 km away from the epicenter of the earthquake and is only 39 km away from Dujiangyan, where 3,091 deaths were reported.…”

Prevalence of Mental Health Problems in Adolescent Schoolchildren in Galle District, Sri Lanka

“…19 After 6 months, the tsunami-related PTSD rates were reported to be high among adolescents and mothers in southern parts of the country and the main contributory factors were reported as life and property destruction. 20,21 Catani et al 22 showed a clear dose effect relationship between PTSD and tsunami exposure among children in war-affected areas of Sri Lanka. Among the internally displaced adults, the prevalence of PTSD was as high as 56% even after 6 months.…”