ABSTRACT
While research continues to indicate that people respond to and recover well from most disasters, such traumatic events can cause a range of debilitating consequences. In addition, complex and multiple disasters can have compounding effects on individuals, families, and communities. From the personal effects of quarantine-based social isolation to the trauma experienced by those managing mass fatalities, this chapter will explain what individuals, workplaces, agencies, and disaster recovery managers can do to improve psychological outcomes for their communities. The discussion will include understanding post-disaster stress and fatigue based on evidence-based intervention models that can assist people in moving through the immediate and intermediate aftermath of crises and disasters as well as long-term support for those who need it. Recovery that promotes healing will be addressed.
