Abstract
This chapter reviews some of the studies that show the potential impact of disaster stress on disaster workers, rescue workers and others. In the most acute phase of a disaster, there will be mainly nonprofessional rescuers. It is important to try to estimate personal coping strategies during rescue work, as well as what kind of formal and informal debriefing activities having been carried through and the personally experienced effects of these interventions. Rescue workers who have been under extreme psychological stress with traumatic experiences or an overwhelming personal threat may be at risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSDs). For the Swedish peace-keeping soldiers, the post-trauma support was of limited favourable effect. Poor mental health after NATO service seemed to be more related to mental health and sense of coherence before service than to trauma exposure and post-trauma support.
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