Causal attributions and psychiatric symptoms in survivors of the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster.

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The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between causal attributions and psychiatric symptoms in those who survived the capsizing of the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry, two years following the disaster. Internal and controllable attributions for disaster-related experience are strongly related to poorer psychological outcome.

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The shared experience of catastrophe: an expanded classification of the disaster community.

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Based on observational and interview data following a major air crash, a classification of individuals affected by catastrophe is proposed in which degree of involvement is used to characterize the dynamic nature of the disaster community. The model encompasses individual and group activities, roles and relationships, and the shared meaning of the traumatic event. Implications for the identification of neglected participants and for preventive community intervention are offered.

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Posttraumatic stress disorder: somatic comorbidity and effort tolerance

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Responding to major toxic releases

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The 'Jupiter' sinking: effects on children's fears, depression and anxiety

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The epidemiology of health effects of disasters.

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Lessons from the aftermath of Flight 232. Practical considerations for the mental health profession's response to air disasters.

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Psychological distress and somatic symptoms after natural disaster: differential vulnerability among older adults.

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Community psychological effects following a non-fatal aircraft accident.

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Public health lessons from the Bhopal chemical disaster.

THE 1984 CHEMICAL disaster in Bhopal, India, was first and foremost a terrible human tragedy. For those who were there and even for those at considerable distances who read about it, the reality of 2000 or more persons dead and many tens of thousands poisoned by a toxic cloud is horrifying. However, in its particulars and complexities, Bhopal's chemical disaster can also serve as a case example for almost any discipline taught in a school of public health.

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