Chad Gracia’s award-winning 2015 documentary, The Russian Woodpecker, addresses the legacy of trauma caused by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The film documents the investigative journey of Fedor ...

When nature unleashes its fury — through floods, fires, or storms — it doesn’t just leave broken buildings in its wake. It fractures lives. Families are torn from their homes, cherished pets go ...

In the study of trauma, most professionals classify trauma into two categories, “big T trauma” and “little t trauma.” Big T trauma includes domestic violence, sexual assault, death, war, or a natural ...

Here’s how Duke experts are thinking about the less visible impact of natural disaster on us: our health, both mind and body. Disaster 101: This is part of a series that looks at how communities ...

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New Delhi: Prompt psychological first aid needs to be provided to victims of natural calamities to minimise the impact of trauma, and people may also be trained to provide such first aid apart from ...

Imagine a boardroom where only quarterly earnings are discussed. But real emergencies happen outside those windows. When disaster hits, everything changes fast. Yet, we often overlook the emotional ...