Disaster Health Impacts—The Gujarat Experience

Gujarat earthquake causes major mental health problems.

Disaster and Mental Health

I express heartfelt gratitude to all the members of Indian Psychiatric Society for bestowing upon me the responsibility of the office of the President of Indian Psychiatric Society. I believe your blessings and guidance will help me to do justice to the confidence reposed in me. I have pondered a lot to select the topic of the customary Presidential-address to be delivered on this auspicious oc...

Welcome to Disaster Health

As Editors-in-Chief, and on behalf of our distinguished Editorial Board, we are thrilled to welcome you to this inaugural issue of Disaster Health. Disaster Health is uniquely focused on the intersection of disaster mental and behavioral health and disaster public health. In this multi-disciplinary arena, scientific advances are accelerating. Disaster Health provides a mechanism for expeditious...

Social Capital and Disaster Recovery: a Comparative Case Study of Kobe and Gujarat Earthquake

Although earthquake disasters are often termed as a 'natural' disaster, a critical analysis reveals that most of them are in fact man-made, and caused by the human activities that are related to poor construction practices in both developed and developing countries. Damage scenarios of recent earthquakes show ample examples in support of this statement. While risk perception is an important iss...

Air Force disaster response: Haiti experience.

After the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the United States Air Force deployed multiple medical units as part of the disaster response. Air Force Special Operations Command medical teams provided initial medical response and assisted in the organization of medical assets. A small portable expeditionary aeromedical rapid response team with the assistance of a mobile aeromedical staging facility...