Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS)Psychological First Aid: How You Can Support Well-Being in Disaster Victims (Chinese)
*** Chinese translation of CSTS fact sheet
People often experience strong and unpleasant emotional and physical responses to disasters. Reactions may include combinations of confusion, fear, hopelessness, helplessness, sleeplessness, physical pain, anxiety, anger, grief, shock, aggressiveness, mistrustfulness, guilt, shame, shaken religious faith, and loss of confidence in self or others. There is consensus among international disaster experts and researchers that psychological first aid can help alleviate painful emotions and reduce further harm from initial reactions to disasters.
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