Hi, terrorism has been quite prevalent over the years. The disaster warrants different regions to develop preparations in case of terrorist attacks to minimize havoc. The agenda of ending extremism and terrorism is top on most nations’ agenda. However, based on your response, people should not allow disasters to cripple their lives regardless of injuries, causalities, or disabilities acquired. The hazards act as a minor setback in the victims’ lives that should serve as mechanisms that will increase their determination. For that to happen, emergency responses should focus on providing counseling and education to the victims of a crisis to ensure that they do not despair (Goldmann & Galea, 2014).
Hi, disasters do create long-lasting psychological impacts on the survivors, eyewitnesses, and responders. The individuals develop feelings of disbelief and shock on seeing the causalities or the effects of the hazards. After that, they have to deal with the loss and recurring images of the victims in their minds. If the trauma is not appropriately handled, it may have adverse implications on the responders and victims. Psychologists thus have a critical role to play during disaster response to ensure that as the emergency teams save people’s lives and property, they also preserve their sanity and emotional well-being (North & Pfefferbaum, 2013).
Hi, natural disasters are events that can be forecasted and prevented beforehand using adequate measures such as erecting an emergency response facility near the affected areas or teaching the society how to act during the situations. In the case of the Typhoon Haiyan, people had been warned earlier concerning the susceptibility of the occurrence of the disaster. However, they chose not to live the area. Such lessons serve as a form of reckoning that requires communities not to underestimate disasters since they will leave to regret simple mistakes that put them at risk (Lejano, Tan & Wilson, 2015). It may be difficult or expensive to procure the adjustments that will prevent the occurrence of hazards, but the long-run effects of security and sustainability are more important.
References
Goldmann, E., & Galea, S. (2014). Mental health consequences of disasters. Annual review of public health, 35, 169-183.
Lejano, R., Tan, J. M., & Wilson, M. (2015). Communicating risk: Learning from Typhoon Haiyan. Nature, 518(7537), 35-35.
North, C. S., & Pfefferbaum, B. (2013). Mental health response to community disasters: a systematic review. Jama, 310(5), 507-518.
