Disasters: The Importance of Fighting Mental Health Stigma

• By: April Naturale, PhD Lindsay Mixer, MA, ABD Vibrant Emotional Health
• April 18th, 2023
• Chronic Cyclical Disaster, complex PTSD, disasters, mental health stigma, PTSD, Spring 2023 Issue, stigma, stigma reduction
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The last few decades have seen a steady increase in disasters around the world. Whether caused by humans or nature, for many communities disasters occur with such frequency that they overlap each other. The traditional Phases of Disaster model–anticipation, impact, adaptation, and recovery...