How Mental Health Shapes Recovery After a Disaster
A new study finds links between pre-disaster mental health and recovery.
Posted July 1, 2021 | Reviewed by Chloe Williams
When disaster strikes, people’s lives are changed in unexpected and unprecedented ways. Natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods, man-made disasters such as terrorist attacks and chemical warfare, and public health disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic all cause individuals to suffer in a myriad of ways for which they are often unprepared.
