Can natural disasters facilitate growth for their survivors?
Findings from the RISK Project suggest that post-traumatic growth (PTG) was evident in five different key areas for most of the low-income survivors that participated in the study.
Author Archive for: Sydney
About Sydney
This author has not written his bio yet.
But we are proud to say that Sydney contributed 5 entries already.
Entries by Sydney
You’ve heard of post-traumatic stress, but what about post-traumatic growth?
March 12, 2019 in News & Events /by SydneyIt’s the flip side: the deep psychological health that emerges surprisingly often when people have a close brush with a disaster like Hurricane Florence. written by the RISK Project Principal Investigators, Jean Rhodes and Mary Waters.
Hurricane Katrina’s psychological scars revealed
October 17, 2016 in News & Events /by SydneyMental health worsened in the disaster’s aftermath, but survivors also showed resilience.
Ten years later, there’s so much we don’t know about where Katrina survivors ended up
October 17, 2016 in News & Events /by SydneyHurricane Katrina made landfall in the city of New Orleans on the morning of August 29, 2005, swept in by winds traveling at 127 mph. But the true damage came after the levees broke, when about 80 percent of the city flooded. At least 400,000 residents, nearly the entire city, were displaced—some for a few […]
Katrina’s emotional legacy includes pain, grief, and resilience
October 17, 2016 in News & Events /by SydneyWhen hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005 most residents evacuated safely. But thousands lost homes, careers, and the lives they had known. Since then, many seem to have recovered emotionally from the trauma. But some have not.