From tropical storms to wildfires, climate disasters aren’t confined to the places we’re used to seeing them. From tropical storms to wildfires, climate disasters aren’t confined to the places we’re ...

It is widely argued that seismic activities have intensified in Japan since the Great Hanshin earthquake (the Kobe earthquake) in 1995. And amongst the subsequent major earthquakes, the 2011 Tohoku ...

A systematic review published in Psychological Medicine in 2008 looked at different types of disasters that occurred over almost 3 decades — from 1980 to 2008. The review suggested that many people ...

There are many types of emergencies and disasters, and we need to consider a wide range of threats or hazards. The probability that a specific threat or hazard will impact you can be complex. That’s ...

As COVID-19 first broke in March 2020 and California wildfires raged, one thing became clear: The field of psychiatry needed a new way of thinking about and responding to complicated, overlapping ...

A team of researchers from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health is examining potential protective factors and corresponding policy interventions that could reduce the risk of suicide in ...