Welcome to Disaster Health

نویسندگان

  • James M Shultz
  • Yuval Neria
چکیده

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 sharing of research findings and a forum for collegial commentary and expert consensus building. Disaster Health investigates the linkage between exposure to the physical forces of harm in a disaster and the corresponding risks to mental and behavioral health. Disaster Health examines the continuum of human response to disaster threat and impact, ranging from psychological distress and psychopathology to resilience, wellness and post-traumatic growth. At the community and societal levels, Disaster Health explores the psychological and behavioral dimensions of disaster prevention, mitigation, risk reduction and resilience. As a rapid-publication, peer-reviewed journal, Disaster Health prioritizes the publication of well-designed and well-executed studies that solidify and enrich the scientific evidence base. We seek publications spanning the complete spectrum of natural, Welcome to Disaster Health

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دوره 1  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2013