Disaster Risk Factors and Traumatic Stress (Systematic Review on Traumatic Stress)

Asanka Bulathwatta

doi:10.21767/2471-9854.100049

Abstract

The main goal of this article is to do a systematic review related to disaster risk factors. Journal of clinical and counseling, Trauma, violence, and abuse, Springer Verlag, PubMed, and Torture were used as the resources to figure out the articles related to the trauma and trauma risk factors. Articles were referred, and they have gone through the sample characteristics and key research outcomes. There are many domains in this world in which appear the traumas in which diverse in nature and setting and people reactions. Doing this systematic review was targeted to find out the cross-cultural deviation and variations of contextual and subjective reactions and objective matters in which can be generalized in the domain of trauma researchers. Society is full of risk factors a powerful coping mechanism can prevent a population from setting PTSD the affected population. Meanwhile, a traumatic stress is emerging through an individual level and it can be spread at the community level.

Highlights

There are several kinds of research upon trauma and related matters such as Posttraumatic experiences, trauma symptoms, and posttraumatic growth, etc
Some articles systematically analyzed to figure out the nature of disaster risk factors and background of the researches which have their major focuses on disasters and traumatic stress followed by the disasters
In addition to the fact that previous trauma, general childhood adversity, psychiatric history, reported childhood abuse, family psychiatric history plays a role in determining posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a traumatic event

Summary

Introduction

There are several kinds of research upon trauma and related matters such as Posttraumatic experiences, trauma symptoms, and posttraumatic growth, etc. Some articles systematically analyzed to figure out the nature of disaster risk factors and background of the researches which have their major focuses on disasters and traumatic stress followed by the disasters

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