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When disaster strikes, mental health is as important as physical condition for survival

Thai cave boys: the psychology of surviving underground

What happens when people face extraordinary danger and uncertainty? How can they survive mentally? A psychologist explains

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Published in: Health, Society
Tags: Disasters, In the news, Mental health, Trauma

An understanding of psychology will help overcome barriers to evacuation

Psychology holds key to getting people out before disaster strikes

The risks of disasters is rising along with climate change. But there are many personal barriers to a timely and effective evacuation from danger

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Published in: Society
Tags: Behaviour, Disasters, Public health

Witnessing trauma at work takes an emotional toll.

Witnessing trauma at work takes an emotional toll

Many professions - paramedics, police, firefighters - involve helping people in traumatic circumstances but witnessing trauma has its own effects that can haunt people for life.

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Published in: Health, Work & performance
Tags: Crime, Disasters, Grief, Health, Mental health, Pain, PTSD, Resilience, Trauma, Wellbeing, Work

Communities can survive disaster with the right support.

How to help communities after disastervideo

Dr Susie Burke FAPS talks about how to aid people's recovery after a natural disaster.

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Published in: Health, Society
Tags: Community psychology, Disasters, Health, Mental health, Trauma

Exposure to extreme weather events influences people's belief in climate change

What does ‘belief’ in climate change really mean

Where one stands on “climate change” has been such a vexed and often confusing issue, at dinner parties, over coffee, with the taxi driver, and in terms of media reporting of where the Australian public is at.

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Published in: Society
Tags: Behaviour, Behaviour change, Climate change, Community psychology, Disasters, Environmental psychology, Public health

Preparing children for natural disasters can help allay their fears.

Mentally Preparing Children for disastervideo

Here Dr Susie Burke FAPS explains how to include children in home disaster-planning and how being involved can help allay their fears and anxieties.

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Published in: Society
Tags: Children, Disasters

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