About this Research Topic
Analyzing and exploring how the key modifiable factors of psychiatric disorders can be rationally drawn upon and utilized will facilitate the development of specific strategies to further address psychiatric disorders and thereby promote and improve mental health.
The purpose of this study is to invite researchers to focus on disaster events, understand the mental health status of general and severely exposed populations in disaster settings, explore the impact of social factors on disaster-related mental health disorders, focus on the modifiable social factors that sustain and motivate people to work and live happily during disaster events, and explore lessons learned for coping with future disaster events.
We encourage quantitative and qualitative research on the following topics, including but not limited to:
1. Assessing the epidemiological characteristics of psychiatric disorders (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, etc.) during different periods of disaster events.
2. Analyzing co-occurrence pattern of psychiatric disorders (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, etc.).
3. Analyzing how lifestyle and psychosocial support resources (e.g., self-efficacy, psychological resilience, social support, etc.) can help people recover from disasters.
4. The intervention effects of psychological intervention techniques (e.g., Cognitive Processing Therapy, Eye-Movement Desensitization, and Reprocessing, etc.).
5. Exploring the role of digital mental health interventions in addressing mental disorders and improving mental health inequalities.
Keywords: Disaster-Related Psychiatric Disorders, Psychological resources, Assessment, Intervention, Policy, and decision making
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