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Monday March 22,2010

Risk Factors for Adverse Outcomes in Natural and Human-Caused Disasters

by National Center For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

The focus of this report is on within-sample factors that influence who is most likely to experience serious and lasting psychological distress as a result of a disaster. As suggested by Freedy et al. (1992), we differentiated among predisaster, within-disaster, and postdisaster factors.

Problems of Surviors of Drunk Drivers

People who lose a loved one to a drunk driver experience many problems including: seeming indifference of the community, especially the police, to the plight of survivors; isolation, helplessness in a world that is seen as hostile and uncaring, and that frequently blames the victim; feelings of guilt for not having protected the victim.