title: [Psychic consequences of natural disasters].
abstract: The consequences of natural disasters were presented according to: development of the diagnosis of PTSD, variability of factors impacting on formation and sustenance (support) of distemper related to a cataclysm. The natural disaster causing emotional sufferings might be also the reason of psychic distempers that led to: 1. real or anticipate fear of death, 2. physical injuries, 3. economic loss, or 4. death of the relatives. Occurrence of PTSD relies on the pre-traumatic factors (like sex, coexistence of psychic disaster and/or risk of any other traumatic disturbances in the past, economical status, education), on the sort, intensity and duration of keeping the disorders initiated by the stressor and on the posttraumatic features such as social and psychological support.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Psychiatrii, Akademii Medycznej im. Piastów Slaskich we Wrocławiu. a_stepien@02.pl
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stepień
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Malyszczak
mesh_terms: D004190:Disasters; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*