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Disaster Relief Donations Track Number of People Killed, Not Survivors
People pay more attention to the number of people killed in a natural disaster than to the number of survivors when deciding how much money to donate to relief efforts. ... More>
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Meeting the Mental-Health Needs of Survivors of Large-Scale Trauma
The world has certainly had a rough couple of years with the earthquake in Haiti, the tsunami in Japan, and more recently, hurricane Sandy. In the wake of such disasters attention is often paid to meeting the physical needs of a community, but it is often less apparent what should be done to meet the mental health needs of what is often a traumatized population. ... More>
