title: Disaster Mental Health and Positive Psychology-Considering the Context of Natural and Technological Disasters: An Introduction to the Special Issue.
abstract: This article serves as an introduction to the Journal of Clinical Psychology's special issue on disaster mental health and positive psychology. The special issue comprises two sections. The first section presents a series of data-driven articles and research-informed reviews examining meaning and resilience in the context of natural and technological disasters. The second section presents key topics in the area of disaster mental health, with particular relevance for positive psychology and related frameworks. The special issue is intended to bridge the gap between these two areas of applied science, with the audience being experienced clinicians or clinicians in training.
authors.affiliation: University of Mississippi Department of Psychology and University of Mississippi Clinical-Disaster Research Center.
authors.forename: Stefan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Schulenberg
mesh_terms: D004190:Disasters; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D055500:Resilience, Psychological
keywords: Deepwater Horizon oil spill; disaster mental health; meaning; natural disasters; positive psychology; posttraumatic growth; psychological first aid; resilience; technological disasters